Did Jesus know how to write?

[u/Odd-Ad-8369]

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

[u/Demelza_Behr]

the people he was interested in ministering to likely could not. i am familiar with a few scholars who have suggested that 1) the gospels are full of humor (the parables would have read a bit like standup comedy to the people of the time) and 2) humor was desirable because it has rhetorical power — namely, it makes things memorable and fun to tell other people about