Hosepipe: Then Jesus is not God?.. (you say)..
Huh? He left without handing out the Bibles.
Oh! I see what you meant.. sorry..
The old testament was enshrined in the synagogue then as it is now..
The Jews had/have a virtual shrine you know.. (as a scroll)
At least the Torah.. but prosperous community's had the prophets..
The first christians were Jews and the Gospel was repeated verbally much like the old testament was.. Still is in China where the word of god is almost contraband.. People are jailed for trafficking in it..
That being said, Jesus was and is the Word of God..
The Logos is one thing, the Rhema is quite another..