Full Idea
Jesus was a learned Jew who said that learning was not necessary, who took the spirit and not the letter as the essence of the Law.
Gist of Idea
Jesus said learning was unnecessary, and only the spirit of the Law was needed
Source
report of Jesus (reports [c.32]) by Paul Johnson - The History of the Jews Pt II
Book Reference
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.131
A Reaction
This seems to me the perfect opposite of Socrates's intellectualism, offering the essence of morality as 'purity of heart', rather than careful thought about virtue or principles. On the whole I am with Socrates, but the idea is interesting.