RE: The literate Jesus

["Bethany Keeley" <blk4 at calvin_edu>]

Hi Christine and welcome :)
that's a good point, I had forgotten about that.  Jewish boys at
the time memorized the whole bible (I think some still do today).
I would imagine they were taught to read it in hebrew too.  This
doesn't meen Jesus could read and write other languages, but for
sure he knew his scriptures.
Its interesting to speculate, because this fully God fully human
thing is indeed a paradox.  Kenosis is a tough idea.

Bethany, whose paper is due in t-minus 2.5 hours.  Almost done. I
promise.

>
> First off, hi. My name is Christine and I live in
> *sunny* Dublin, Ireland.
> I felt I had to come out of lurk mode for this topic. In Luke
> 4:16-19,  Jesus is in the Temple and is handed the
> scroll of Isaiah to read
> from. He finds (in our modern numbered version) Isaiah
> 61:1,2 and reads
> from it. Then He sits back down - all eyes on Him -
> and says, "Today, this
> scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
>
> Jesus knew the Law, the Writings & the Prophets
> inside, outside and
> backwards. That's how He confounded the Pharisees and
> the religious leaders
> of His day. Maybe Joseph could read and taught Him....
>
> Just my 2 cents worth -
>
> Christine

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