Was Jesus literate?

[tonychanyt]

I think so.

The boy Jesus showed promising intelligence in Luke 2:

46 After three days they [Jesus' parents] found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

When he began his public ministry, his disciples called him rabbi, John 1:

38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

He read in Luke 4:

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

The locals were impressed with his preaching. Matthew 13:

54 and coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

He wrote in John 8:

5 Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

Jesus had the intellectual competence to acquire reading and writing skills. He presented a proof by contradiction to the Saddacees.

He disputed with the Pharisees on a few occasions.

He outsmarted Pilate when Pilate tried to get him to incriminate himself.

Many OT prophets were literate. Matthew and Paul were literate.

Was Jesus literate?

I do think so.

How did he learn?

I don't know, but it would not be difficult for him to learn. He had the natural brain hardware for it.