[Ciexyz]

No one has yet mentioned the celibate tradition of the Qumran community (which produced the Dead Sea Scrolls). Qumran was proof that the celibate lifestyle was operating at that time period in at least one sector of Jewish religious life.

So we must discount the statement that is being thrown around as gospel, "Jesus would not have been accepted as a Rabbi if he was not married." Such a statement would comfort only those who wish to disbelieve in Christianity.

[Oztrich Boy]

No one has yet mentioned the celibate tradition of the Qumran community (which produced the Dead Sea Scrolls). Qumran was proof that the celibate lifestyle was operating at that time period in at least one sector of Jewish religious life

The Qumram community were Essenes. From his teaching, Jesus was of the Pharasee tradition.