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1. School Of Nisibis

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   Curriculum and Pedagogy
   The curriculum at Nisibis was highly structured, emphasizing rigorous textual analysis, particularly of the Peshitta translation of the Bible, alongside disciplines deemed essential for administrative and theological robustness. While classical subjects like logic (often employing simplified Aristotelian frameworks purged of uncomfortable ambiguities) and rhetoric were central, the unique pedagogical signature of Nisibis lay in its application of ta’mīdā (a method involving rote memorizatio…