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Quote by: notworthabean  he was in rebelllion against the priests and high layman. a rabbi is anyone who is learned in the talmud and preachs about it. jesus was definetly a rabbi, though not a very orthodox one. |
Jesus is consistently anti-Pharisee in his teachings in the New Testament. Many of his teachings deliberately stand Pharaisic Jewish cult observances on their head. Even in the Talmudic accounts of Yeishu ben Pantera, the same hostility towards rabbis can be seen.
I do not think Jesus would consider himself a rabbi when his whole theology was opposed to elevating anyone on earth over God's direct authority. No go-betweens, no priests, no rabbis. Jesus has become the living Temple through which Jews along with everyone else are to reach the Father.