[Pollster1]

The pièce de résistance in Paulkovich’s argument is that Jesus himself never wrote anything about himself. Scholarly estimates place literacy in the ancient world at around 5 percent. It’s not surprising that a carpenter from Galilee didn’t have the education or resources to put stylus to papyrus.

He's not much of a biblical scholar if he can't think of an instance in which Jesus is reported as writing on the ground. Literate? Yes. I'll admit He didn't use parchment or papyrus in that instance, but He could write.

Reading? I seem to recall Jesus reading from the scroll of Isaiah when He was in Nazareth. Jesus is presented in the Bible as able to read, and literacy was, in fact, widespread among the Jews, even 2,000 years ago. Biblical scholars should include the Bible among their readings.

[jsanders2001]

And yet the Bible outsells all other books, including his, by far, in the old. I think he’s just jealous...: )