RE: Why Didn't Jesus Write?
December 14, 2016 at 12:33 am
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2016 at 12:36 am by vorlon13.)
The writing in the sand Jesus is recorded doing by John content wasn't recorded in the Bible, and I'd wonder if any of the witnesses to it were literate to the extent to be able to discern mere 'doodles' from Jesus noodling out the Pythagorean theorem for example.
Additionally, anyone with fingers can 'write' pretty much anything they want in the dirt, and no one seems to be asserting Jesus nevertheless had the fine motor control/practiced dexterity in either of his hands to wield any scribe implements and put his thoughts to papyrus. And as we've noted, if he did, he wouldn't have been a carpenter.
As for Jesus and his reading skills, scripture records Jesus knew his way around a Torah, so any efforts to impugn His abilities in that regard to a Christian audience aren't going to progress very far. Not being able to write is a much surer bet.
Additionally, anyone with fingers can 'write' pretty much anything they want in the dirt, and no one seems to be asserting Jesus nevertheless had the fine motor control/practiced dexterity in either of his hands to wield any scribe implements and put his thoughts to papyrus. And as we've noted, if he did, he wouldn't have been a carpenter.
As for Jesus and his reading skills, scripture records Jesus knew his way around a Torah, so any efforts to impugn His abilities in that regard to a Christian audience aren't going to progress very far. Not being able to write is a much surer bet.
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