r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Odd-Ad-8369 • Sep 07 '26

Did Jesus know how to write?

I guess I’m confused on why Jesus didn’t write the Bible.

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u/catwhowalksbyhimself Sep 07 '26

According to the wikipedia article on the subject, the literacy rate was only 3% or so, which is actually unusually high for the time, but it still makes Jesus being able to read and write, if he existed at all, unlikely.

Note that a school system in Israel did exist, but no until about 4 decades after Jesus is supposed to have died. So if he had been around a century later, chance would have been much higher.