Freddy Figbottom
Was it me?
but not employed as a rabbi as we think of in the modern sense.Thanks.
The gospel accounts depict Jesus as someone who frequently taught and debated in synagogues, someone who cited and interpreted Torah scripture, someone who debated Torah scholars.
All reputable modern scholars believe Jesus was literate in Aramaic, could read Hebrew, and that he received a Torah education growing up in Nazareth.
By any reasonable measure, he would have been considered a rabbi (religious teacher) by his followers, by the supporters of his ministry, by the authors of the gospels.
hey I taught my kid to ride a bike, Im a Rabbi, everybody, look at me and my important hat.