Another argument that doesn't fly.
They had the OT Law, the book of the OT that WE have today and there's no indication that copies of it were ONLY at Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls had to have come from somewhere.
Dead Sea Scrolls
< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls
" They are written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean, mostly on parchment, but with some written on papyrus and bronze.[2] These manuscripts have been dated to various ranges between 408 BCE and 318 CE.[3] Bronze coins found on the site form a series beginning with Hyrcanus 1 (135-104 BCE) and continue without a gap until the first Jewish revolt (66–73 CE).[4] The scrolls are traditionally identified with the ancient Jewish sect called the Essenes, though some recent interpretations have challenged this association and argue that the scrolls were penned by priests in Jerusalem, Zadokites, or other unknown Jewish groups.[5][6]"
Also:
History of education in ancient Israel and Judah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_education_in_ancient_Israel_and_Judah
House of the teacher
"The institution known as the "be rav" or "bet rabban" (house of the teacher), or as the "be safra" or "bet sefer" (house of the book), is said to have been originated by Ezra' (459 BCE) and his Great Assembly, who provided a public school in Jerusalem to secure the education of fatherless boys of the age of sixteen years and upward. However, the school system did not develop until Joshua ben Gamla (64 CE) the high priest caused public schools to be opened in every town and hamlet for all children above six or seven years of age (Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 21a).[1] Education began at the age of six or seven[1] and continued throughout life; full-time basic education was completed before marriage at the age of about 18 years old."
Hey, ampu, how's the popcorn holding out?
Here's the link....