Rabbi Y’hoshua [Aramaic Yeshua'], Torah observant Pharisee

The historical Ribi [title of a Jewish leader] Yehoshua – to differentiate from J-sus – was a Pharisee.
He was a human born by Yoseiph and Miriam in a natural way and was not a ‘divine saviour’/'divine’. Read this article for documentation of this statement: Link

Ribi Yehoshua from Nazareth was called a Ribi even by his opponents. That title implies that Ribi Yehoshua had semikhah. Only Pharisees had this rabbinic ordination. This implies that Ribi Yehoshua was a Pharisee.
Ribi Yehoshua is in the “gospel of Matthew” called being a “rabbi”. It was by necessity the title ”Ribi” that was written in the original Hebrew manuscripts; because the title ”Rabbi” is anachronistic and there exists no proof that the Hellenist redactors added words which invalidates their Christian faith.

That the ”gospels” are redacted is undisputable. Even according to the most authoritative Christian scholars, e.g., The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, acknowledges this. One of these redactions I discuss in this link about “Matthew” 5:17-20.

That Ribi Yehoshua was a Ribi Yehoshua had semikhah is also endorsed by these statements:
“Moreover, if Yehoshua lacked semikhah, he would not have been tolerated as a teacher in the country, nor in the Batei ha-Kneset [Pharisaic “synagogues”], much less in the Beit-ha-Miqdash. This further corroborates that the historical Yehoshua, in contrsat to the syncretized J*sus of Christianity, was shomeir-Torah This was, understandably, buried by the Christian (Roman) redactors who couldn’t afford to acknowledge that Yehoshua was so inextricably linked to Jewish, and Judaic, hegemony” [1]

“That Yehoshua is in several passages recognized by the title of ‘ribi’ (cf. note 23.7.1) – uncontested at the time and in any documentation from the period – and established the beit din ha-Netzarim [Judaic court of Netzarim] (Netzarim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityahu [NHM] 18:15-20) – also uncontested – clearly demonstrates that Yehoshua was properly “ordained” as ‘Ribi’. (..)

This is further corroborated by the evidence and proof by disproof. If there had been a serious challenge to Yehoshuas semikhah, his teaching would not have been tolerated and he would have been ejected from the Beit-ha-Miqdash as a false teacher. The evidence precludes this, however, documenting that Yehoshua continued teaching in the Beit-ha-Miqdash. This is also proof (by disproof) that Yehoshua had been granted semikhah.” [2]


The proved fact that Ribi Yehoshua was a Ribi and that there are none documentation at all that he lost that title further implies that all what he was teaching was in accordance with Torah; and that he taught his apprentice students to follow the directives in Torah non-selectively to their utmost and to teach others to do likewise.

Ribi Y’hoshuas followers were called the Netzarim.
Learn more about the historical Ribi Y’hoshua and his teachings in this website: www.netzarim.co.il

Notes
1.Quoted from note 23.7.1 in NHM
2.Quoted from note 21.23.2 in NHM