This piece from Rymaas talks about the propensity of Rob Bell of the emerging church to over-emphasize the humanity of Christ Jesus of Nazareth and turn our Creator into a first century rabbi.

It also shows from Velvet Elvis (VE) that the Scripture Bell quotes doesn’t always say what he says it does:

In this section [Movement Five—Dust], Bell focuses on “Jesus, the Jewish rabbi"… The following is directly quoted from the text [of VE]:

“By the way, when Jesus’ parents found him in the temple area, how old was he? Twelve. Notice what the text says here: ‘They found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.’ Jesus later says to his disciples, ‘Remember, everything I learned I passed on to you.’ Did Jesus go to school and learn like the other Jewish kids his age?”

So Bell seems to indicate that these verses lead to the conclusion that perhaps Jesus had learned from other rabbis. After the quotes, there were footnote numbers, so I looked these up…

Interesting what turned up.

See also: "Open" Creation of Rob Bell