Walk, Don't Run: Jesus's Water Walking Is Unparalleled in Greco-Roman Mythology
Scholarly treatments of Jesus's sea-walking miracle frequently cite several parallel figures "walking on water" in Greco-Roman mythology, such as Poseidon, Orion, Euphemus, and Pythagoras. In fact, however, this "walking" terminology is inaccurate because, contrary to Adela...
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John
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| RelBib Classification: | BE Greco-Roman religions HC New Testament TB Antiquity |
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Bible. Gospels
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