by journey-on 67 Replies latest jw friends
Sylvia is correct. Imagine what would have happened to any of Jesus' writings once they'd been translated into other languages! Martin Luther and Fred Franz come to mind, taking great liberties with the written text and changing it to reflect their own personal ideologies.
St. Ann
He couldn't find his writing stick.
He didn't want to leave a paper trail.
Look at the details surrounding Jesus birth. Prophecy says Jesus would be born of the house of David, must be from Betleham, Jesus was from Nazareth. Additionally, Jesus' linage to David was through Joseph, who, according to legend, was not his fater. To get Jesus to Bethleham, a story was invented. A census by Cesar Agustus requiring parents to return to thier hometown to register a birth. There is no record of such a census. It doesn't make sense. Perinius was not governor of Syria in that year. Why should we believe that this Jesus character ever existed? His existence is based soley on the bible. And even the gospels don't agree in the details. It just doesn't add up.
What was Jesus claim to fame? His mother had not slept with a man, so he was of divine origin. Right. At best Jesus was a delusional, egomaniacal bastard. And uneducated too, explaining why he didn't write anything.
He was not concerned about the future which is why people write, to keep a record for future days. He thought the world was going to end almost right away.
St. Ann is correcet the tradition at the time of Tiberious was called Mishna. The spoken word. If the Romans found anything with names this could have been very incriminating. Thats if there was a Jesus.
Think Socrates (and Plato). Jesus is written down as never writing anything down. Except on sand perhaps.
That's what disciples (students) are for.
Ah, yes, the oral tradition.
The griot of West Africa comes immediately to mind.
Also, according to the Book of Jasher, Abraham's great faith was a result of being taught by oral tradition, via Shem and Eber.
Jesus of Nazareth was a Jewish rabbi, the greatest Teacher of all.
Sylvia
The Jewish tradition was to teach orally and pass down teachings orally.
They had written scrolls. Jesus opened the scroll and read a verse from it. If he could read, he could write.
