I think this essay by David Lyle Jeffrey is one of the best things in print on the nature of learning.  It is titled, "The Pearl of Great Wisdom: The Deep and Abiding Biblical Roots of Western Liberal Education."  I use it often when I teach, and have re-read it numerous times.  Jeffrey is arguing that in the western tradition after the first century (particularly in its pre-modern form), learning was often a means to wisdom, and a wisdom centered on the reading and interpretation of Scripture.  Thank you David Jeffrey for this essay.  It can be found here at the web-site of Touchstone Magazine.

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