The Socratic method: Why God sometimes gleans from foreign contexts

I am one to shun all foreign contexts in the Bible, meaning anything not Hebraic in nature. However, God gleans on foreign contexts in the Bible, but only when explicitly stated and confirmed in context. A famous one is Hades, as a comparison for Hell to the Greeks. How one should talk to children is also gleaned from a foreign context, if you will - it existed in Jewish society for a long time before Socrates owned up to the idea. 

Socratic questioning is what we call the type of questioning we have now for children that is biblically-based in context, meaning how children were questioned in the Bible. It says in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, for this is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live along the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and the true meaning of this ancient word speaks in levels, and ultimately refers to teaching, mostly in terms of example, but also in terms of verbal instruction of a certain kind, namely where questions are met with questions, with a plump, open hand allowing children to be not only physically free within certain limitations, but mentally free, but at the same time be taught Scripture from the age of 6 onwards to the age of majority. Children surrendered by simply saying they wanted to be taught, and carry on a family tradition, with fathers obliging, bringing out a library, with the basic questions from children answered first, and the more complex, perhaps stressful concepts of religious instruction, such as Hell. Children were lovingly encouraged, then lovingly encouraged when older in a challenging way. Surrender is denoted by the Greek root word translated "obey" which is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to running to parents for support and encouragement, including running to parents to discuss Scripture and the proper interpretation of such.

Socratic instruction here is where the child learns religious Truth by themselves, first hearing it discusses around them over them, then they push the envelope by asking questions. Then, children, at around age 6 or so, studied the Scriptures and the Law, and discussed and debated with fathers the interpretation of Scripture, like a father/child hangout basically, but one where fathers simply encouraged growth in spirit, often by asking questions leading to a question, and then the child was prompted, by curiosity, to answer the question. A common question to a question was "What do you think X means in Y book? I think it means something else, but you prove me wrong by looking it up yourself" or simply just "I encourage you to keep studying Scripture, and tell me all about it once I get home from work".

The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to setting boundaries, including "no" but also gently reminding the child if the beliefs they are studying, such as "Remember, you are studying to be a Christian, so let your behavior reflect that" . This is weighed by the Greek root word translated "provoke...to anger" is παροργιζο (Latin: erethizo) and refers to the offenses in the legal context of the Bible, meaning in this case whatever the child perceives as offensive regarding entitled adult behavior or attitudes. This refers to the various offenses under the Eighth Commandment, including assault and battery laws extending to children in terms of protection, summed up as one general principle - do not offend your neighbor, and do not offend God, with your child being your neighbor. 

Punishment was not a part of teaching, but a way to correct an offender who denies what they were taught, as an adult. Children were not taught with punishment, but with exemplary instruction primarily, and then verbal instruction and encouraging for absorbing religious tenets on their own accord. Punishment was not allowed outside the Law, and children were exempt from all Law, living under the grace of parents, and in the loving and gentle instruction of parents, until attaining majority under the Law, thus being expected to be fully literate in the Law. Under the Hebraic understanding of the Bible, you punish someone who knows right from wrong, and doesn't care, doing what they do anyway and not caring. It says in Proverbs 22:6 KJV:

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

This refers to independent study of Scripture by a child by the Hebrew word חֶנךְ (Latin: chanak) and refers to training a young man, in future context, in the Law, meaning the 613 Laws of Moses, meaning memorizing all of them, and before that occurred, children were exempt from a child. "Child" refers to an adult child in future context, meaning the future-tense Hebrew word נעד (Latin: na'ar) which refers to a young man before marriage...Think training a child in the academic instruction needed to be a young man. This is what child training really is - train them like a teacher or instructor would, not like training a dog.

The depraved and entitled parents who provoke children to anger will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them be tormented in the lake of fire and brimstone, which is the second death created for Satan and his angels! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!