Gutfeld is a fuggen shlut. Anyway returning to the real Jesus. Let's look at this version of the youthful Jesus meeting the Jewish doctors referred to in the Gospels.....
It was in the Gentile section of the entire enclosure that Joseph
and his parents along with the others of their class assembled. It was
necessary for the Gentiles to be present only for the first two days of
the feast. On the third day, therefore, were held the special ceremonies
for the strictly orthodox. Thus, for the rest of those in attendance,
the third and following days were so-called half-holy days when it was
lawful for all in attendance to return home if need be. It was at this
time that Joseph was brought before the learned doctors immediately
after the ceremony for examination and questioning. Undoubtedly
there were many other children of his age present on this occasion,
and undoubtedly the questioning was the same for all of them. Yet
we are told that the answers which Joseph gave provoked intense
interest in him, and that after the usual questions had been asked of
all the children, and the parents and children had proceeded on their
way, young Joseph was retained for further questioning and a special
examination.
We are told in old records that on the last days of the feast, and when
the actual feast itself had been celebrated and the usual ceremonies
completed, it was customary for the doctors of the Temple-Sanhedrin
to come out upon the terrace of the Temple and there preach or discuss
certain doctrines and conduct a forum, or ask questions of those in
whom they were especially interested. It was in such an audience as
this, out on the terrace and informally conducted, that Joseph was
found after his parents had started on their way home with their other
children and missed him, according to the Christian version of the
story. As I have intimated, there was nothing extraordinary about the fact
that one or more children had been retained by the doctors for special
examination. Many writers of the life of Jesus, and many Christian
authorities who have analyzed this incident in his life, have attempted
to speculate upon the nature of the questions and answers which
brought Jesus to the attention of these doctors. Some of them seem | to have come to the conclusion that Jesus was taking part in one of | the usual scientific classes designated as Kallah, at which time not only | the doctors but the most analytical of the Jewish scholars discussed the | doctrines, practices, customs, and habits of the Jewish religion. Such | sessions required considerable preparation on the part of the lecturing | rabbis or doctors and considerable Talmudic knowledge on the part | of the attendants. | Many of these discussions dealt with the establishment of new rules | and regulations, as well as the authoritative interpretation of Jewish | rules. For instance, the great Hillel took part in a discussion in this | court regarding the propriety of offering the Passover on the sabbath. | By his great logic he proved that it was appropriate to do so and was | honored for his services in this regard. It is hardly to be believed that | the youthful Joseph could or would participate in such discussions as | were common to the Kallah, even if the learned doctors had considered | him old enough or wise enough to be present. Furthermore, the fact | that Joseph was a Gentile, and not of the strictly orthodox faith, | would have prevented him from participating in this class. And there | is another consideration: these classes were held in the last month of | summer (Elul) before the feast of the new year, and in the last winter | month (Adar) immediately before the feast of the Passover, but it was | in the spring that Joseph attended the paschal feast. |
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