Helen K. Bond wrote:
"The so-called “nature miracles” in particular – walking on water**, stilling the storm, and feeding the multitudes – may well have been embellished and enhanced, not in the interests of historical reporting, but to say something profoundly “true” about Jesus’ identity as Son of God."
Dear Helen K. Bond,
You may enjoy my paper: "The Biblical Significance of Walking on Water." Walking on Water is a further development of two midrashim: The Midrash on Genesis (Abraham's trials) is from the Medrash Tanchuma, Vayera 22.2. The Midrash on Exodus (Nachshon at the shore of the Red Sea) is from the Mechilta, B’Shalach 14:22. The paper is at academia.edu.
Helen K. Bond wrote:
"The so-called “nature miracles” in particular – walking on water**, stilling the storm, and feeding the multitudes – may well have been embellished and enhanced, not in the interests of historical reporting, but to say something profoundly “true” about Jesus’ identity as Son of God."
Dear Helen K. Bond,
You may enjoy my paper: "The Biblical Significance of Walking on Water." Walking on Water is a further development of two midrashim: The Midrash on Genesis (Abraham's trials) is from the Medrash Tanchuma, Vayera 22.2. The Midrash on Exodus (Nachshon at the shore of the Red Sea) is from the Mechilta, B’Shalach 14:22. The paper is at academia.edu.
Best,
Richard Faussette