
Could Jesus Read and Write?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Could Jesus Read?: Exploring the Evidence
This chapter delves into the question of whether Jesus, as a peasant from rural Galilee, had the ability to read. It discusses the limited evidence, such as Jesus reading from the book of Isaiah in a synagogue mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, but acknowledges the challenges in determining Jesus' literacy due to the lack of educational resources in Nazareth.
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