12 Aug 2010 First, John 8:1-11 is a tacked-on part of that book, added much later on (possibly to dispel the notion that Jesus was illiterate?); second, no one

Jesus ( Yeshua) was not a peasant or illiterate.The True History of how the bible came into being. Who, how and why?Part 1. Mon Nov 1, 2010 3:04 PM EDT

17 Nov 2011 Despite many scholars' assumptions that Jesus was an illiterate peasant or, conversely, even a Pharisee none have critically engaged the

6 Apr 2012 From the Jewish Journal: Is Jesus really Kosher? by Lawrence H. Schiffman A Brief Response to Witherington's “Was Jesus Illiterate?”

Was Jesus illiterate? Was the Gospel or part of it dictated by Jesus to any of his disciples like the Qur'an? I think that the disciples wrote the whole Bible after the

"Crossan's Jesus isn't gentle, meek, or mild. Crossan's Jesus is an illiterate peasant, both healer and social revolutionary--a Jesus without the Lord's Prayer, the

26 Jun 2000 Second, Jesus was not illiterate. His contemporaries were amazed at his brilliant instruction (cf. Matthew 7:28-29). After the Lord had taught in

17 Feb 2012 Was Jesus illiterate? home // ask // theme // My Face. // Blogspot. // About me. // Personal Posts. Was Jesus illiterate?

6 Oct 2008 why did other people have to write up the teachings of jesus? could the "son of god/god himself" been unable to read and write? seems jesus

6 days ago They read Crossan say that Jesus was illiterate and either agreed or disagreed, thinking that the terms “literate” or “illiterate” were relatively

Julia Faire looks at the widespread problem of illiteracy in the UK and considers what the church can do about it.

RACHEL Then, Mr. Christ, and pardon me if what I say is offensive, but are you for all practical purposes illiterate? JESUS I'm not offended at all, Rachel,

13 May 2011 The New Testament books attributed to Jesus' disciples could not have been written by them because they were illiterate. * Many of the New

29 May 2011 Was Jesus Christ illiterate? I ask because it seems odd that he didn't even keep a diary. " May 23) Ate breakfast. Walked on water. Had a long

Weren't the earliest Christians too uneducated and illiterate to produce the account of Jesus' life and ministry that appears in the Gospels?

10 Mar 2009 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Jesus illiterate, like the rest of the non- aristocracy at the time? There are "gospels" purportedly written

20 Apr 2012 The Bible, especially the words of Jesus, would sometimes enrich my soul and wake up my spirit. But those times were exceptional. Rare.

Early Commentators' opinion · One Injīl given to Jesus himself? Injīl "sent down"? Why four gospels? Does the . An"Illiterate Prophet" in Isaiah 29:11-13?

They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus. of Peter and of John, understanding that they were illiterate and ignorant men, they wondered;

3 Feb 2012 Were Jesus and Socrates Illiterate? Or Alcoholics? Rate: 21 Flag. Email. Click " Submit Abuse" if you feel this post is inappropriate. Explain why

books.google.com - Despite many scholars' assumptions that Jesus was an illiterate peasant or, conversely, even a Pharisee none have critically engaged the

3 Nov 2010 Part 2. Where do we start to explain how the Desposynic Church (Jerusalem Church) was dis-empowered and how the Roman Empire's Paulist

28 Mar 2012 Early Christianity was an oral culture launched by an illiterate Jesus Christ, according to two liberal New Testament scholars who spoke

Was jesus illiterate? Who else is tired of poor spelling and obviously illiterate people on Yahoo questions? - seems you get annoyed and frustrated easily.

U was surprised, indeed slightly shocked by NushIn Namazi's statement that Jesus was illiterate, Jon Huyck comments: "My first reaction was that Jesus could

Was Jesus Illiterate? Introduction. I. This lesson will examine the question, “Was Jesus illiterate?” A. This is a surprising and shocking question to believers.

I suppose I'll use my last few days as a free man to contribute to the forum. Consider the facts. -Jesus devoted his adult life to traveling town to

The point of origin of the Christian faith is Jesus Christ. This page reviews the handing . Also, it was common for people of that time to be illiterate. In addition

3 Nov 2011 Follow Patheos Evangelical: About Ben Witherington. « Reading and Writing in Herodian Israel– Was Jesus an Illiterate Peasant? Part One

17 Oct 2011 Quote:Was Luke Skywalker illiterate? That question has just as much meaning, and at least Star Wars was a good story. Now, you know Aunt

no in several apochryphal texts Jesus is described as teaching the teachers. even expounding what the modern day tutors could not teach him hence

Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: Was Jesus illiterate? Reply with quote. Assuming He existed, Jesus was such a pivotal character one would

29 Mar 2012 Early Christianity was an oral culture launched by an illiterate Jesus Christ, according to two liberal New Testament scholars who spoke

In reading the Bible, I see things mentioned like how when Jesus died, the Saints rose from the dead, and when the servants ear was cut off,

2 Nov 2011 Let us first eliminate the old canard, which suggests 'since Jesus was a peasant, he was very likely to be illiterate'. First of all, Jesus was not a

Ben Witherington III says, "We live in a Jesus-haunted culture that is Biblically illiterate." Much is being said and proposed these days about Jesus, but how much

2 Nov 2011 Could Jesus speak Greek? Could he read written Hebrew and Greek? Ben Witherington begins a series on the subject, Was Jesus an Illiterate

The illiterate jesus. Posted November 17 2011. On my drive into work this morning, I started thinking about literacy in the early centuries. I know that is an odd

why did other people have to write up the teachings of jesus? could the "son of god/god himself" been unable to read and write? seems jesus

No appeal can be made to illiteracy, since we don't know that every eyewitness of Jesus' ministry was illiterate, such widespread illiteracy among the

jytnu wrote: Jesus and mohammad were illiterate. Happy now? We know Mohammed was illiterate. In regards to Jesus we know nothing, since

Why did Jesus not write anything for mankind? God supposedly wrote the Ten Commandments, but jesus wrote squat. Who taught jesus to

4 Nov 2011 Seem have argued that Jesus was illiterate. However, it is more likely that he literate: "Jesus debates with the literate, for example scribes and

Was Jesus Illiterate? - posted in Answering anti-Islamic Allegations: This is a question for the Christian members: Was Jesus Illiterate?

illiteracy of Jesus in the fourth part of this paper, under the heading “Was Jesus. Literate?” (pp. 21-32). It is to this part of the paper that reference will be made.

14 Dec 2011 The early Christians were mostly illiterate, and stories about Jesus were passed on orally--thereby growing in the telling. They weren't written

One thing it meant is that you were almost certainly illiterate. Jesus himself was highly exceptional, in that he evidently could read (Luke 4:16-20), but there is

The essay that was once offered here is now available in my book Trusting the New Testament.

19 Aug 2010 Which also brings to mind was Jesus illiterate?Many ancient cultures had to do this to pass along stories and information before reading and

7 May 2003 crosstalk2: XTalk: Historical Jesus & Christian Origins.

But Jesus' illiterate disciples made an uneven transition to the written phase of the new religion. Defining Jesus and the meaning of his life and death fell to Paul

10 Sep 2011 The Torah says to read and study the Torah. Does this improve jewish' literacy rate? In ancient times, the Torah was the de facto law. Did they

10 Jan 2012 Was Jesus illiterate? Jesus had an incredibly important message during his life, but left it to the deciples to make a written record of it. I would

Crossan suggests Jesus was an illiterate "Jewish Cynic" from a landless peasant background, initially a follower of John the Baptist. Jesus was a healer and

29 Apr 2009 Jesus was Illiterate at best. I'm a natural born skeptic. I am open to persuasion, given the relevant facts. Open-minded enough to say “I was

Jesus was probably dark and Moses could quite possible have been black. But I don't think Jesus was illiterate, He knew the laws too well and

That is not because he was illiterate at all! It is because there was no such person ! There is not one single mention of Jesus in the entire Roman

men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus. . plural masculine agrammatos ag-ram-mat-os: unlettered, i.e. illiterate -- unlearned.

10 May 2012 In this post, however, I would like to draw out some implications of the view that Jesus was actually illiterate as opposed to literate.

Testament were untrustworthy was that the majority of the copyists were illiterate. In the Gospel accounts, we find that most of Jesus's [sic] disciples are simple

Jesus was apparently illiterate and uneducated; there is no mention in the bible or anywhere else that he ever attended any school anywhere, nor does the bible

7 Nov 2011 Part One; Reading and Writing in Jesus' World— Was he an Illiterate Peasant? Part Two). Part 3, “Was Jesus Illiterate?,” is the final post and

There is no reason to think that. Consider these accounts from the Bible: Jesus was an outstanding communicator. When the Pharisees sent officers

told that (1) Jesus was illiterate, (2) Jesus had no interest in Scripture, (3) Jesus had no interest in eschatology, and (4) Jesus certainly did not think of himself as

Just because Jesus didnt write any books (that we know of) in the NT or otherwise dosent mean He was illiterate. In fact in Luke 4:14-20 it says

To refute the idea that Jesus was illiterate, evangelical scholar Ben Witherington III simply says that, "the only concrete evidence we have suggests the contrary

6 Apr 2012 A Jesus who was a poor and illiterate man with no power, a member of an oppressed and subjugated people, who preached love and peace in

I do not agree with many of the views displayed on www.bible.ca. However, I still chose to present this article because it offers some valid points to consider.

Jesus was not an illiterate peasant and did not come from the lowest stratum of Palestinian society; he was a skilled craftsman. He is said to have had a house in

7 Jun 2010 Why didn't Jesus ever write a book? Moses wrote books. Muhummad wrote books. Paul wrote books. Joseph Smith wrote books. Can you think

Was Jesus Illiterate? Part Three. November 4, 2011 By Ben Witherington. That Jesus spoke Aramaic most of the time very few dispute any more. The Gospels

3 Nov 2011 Jesus needed Greek to speak to a variety of people he encountered in his travels — not just centurions either. How would have spoken to a

this if for Jesus as an Illiterate,when he was given the book and was asked to Read he said,"I can't read" Yes,the following is a proof:

Another argument: Jesus had a good knowledge of the Scriptures, especially as interpreted by the learned men of his time, so it is probable that he could at least

“The picture of Jesus' followers as simple, illiterate peasants is a romantic notion without historical basis. Unless it can be shown otherwise, it must be assumed

10 Mar 2012 Why was Jesus's Name translated?- Sh. Ahmad Deedatby BrFaisal11599 views; Why was the Prophet illiterate 4:24. Watch Later Error

27 Mar 2012 Early Christianity was an oral culture launched by an illiterate Jesus Christ, two liberal New Testament scholars asserted at the recent

James Patrick Holding. Was Jesus Illiterate? Although we have seen that oral transmission is more than reliable enough for the teachings and deeds of Jesus to

No insults please. We welcome anyone who has doubts about Islam, the Quran or Prophet Muhammad, to debate here, if your intention is to

Was Jesus illiterate? Author: Cmass Posted: 03/27/2007 01:55 PM Assuming He existed, Jesus was such a pivotal character one would think He would have