Why Jesus could walk on the sea but he could not read and write
Most scholars consider the stories about Jesus walking on the sea (Mark 6:45ff par) not authentic and without historical truth. They also accept that Jesus could read and/or write (John 7:15, 8:6 and Luke 4:16-30). These examples are used to discuss aspects of historical interpretation and historici...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2005, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-35 |
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| Summary: | Most scholars consider the stories about Jesus walking on the sea (Mark 6:45ff par) not authentic and without historical truth. They also accept that Jesus could read and/or write (John 7:15, 8:6 and Luke 4:16-30). These examples are used to discuss aspects of historical interpretation and historicity in historical Jesus research. Read within the historical and cultural context of the day, we argue that the second is historically implausible while the story about Jesus walking on the sea probably contains historical truth. Reference to "criteria of authenticity" and "historical reliability" in conventional scholarship ignore that such "methodo-logical" aspects relate to culturally determined assumptions. Confusion with regard to multiple cultural realities leads to misleading criteria for historicity. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83189 |