What school subjects were there when Jesus was alive?
There was no school (well,at least our modern understanding of school) when Jesus was on earth. That did not mean that people were uneducated. For instance, we know from the gospel accounts that Jesus could read and write, and he was able to speak his own language, Aramaic, and was likely to be able to speak Greek, Hebrew and possibly some Latin. He was also very, very well versein the Hebrew scriptures.Schooling was done usually by the priests, and because the religious life was so entwined with everyday life, children would be taught the scriptures (our modern day Old Testament) and the Jewish Law. Other than that, children learned their trades from their fathers – in Jesus’ case, Joseph was a carenter and so he would have spent time learning the trade and helping his father in the joiner’s shop.
