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Study details how religious knowledge was taught within Babylonian scribal schools

A scholarly analysis examines how religious and theological content was woven into scribal education in first-millennium BCE Babylonia rather than taught as a separate subject. The research finds no single core religious text akin to scripture; instead, religious material appeared across varied text genres integrated into broader curricula based on skill complexity. It notes that temple-based schools were not primarily religious institutions, even when some produced priests due to local circumstances, such as a teacher who happened to be a priest.