Miraculous Draught of Fish

Miraculous Draught of Fish

The Miraculous Draught of Fish can refer to two different, though very similarly described, episodes from the Ministry of Jesus as described in the Gospels. [By itself the term usually means the first of these; the other may be called "the Second Miraculous Draught of Fish". In art the two can usually be distinguished by whether or not Jesus is in the boat.] The first is in ] . While such themes would be unusual if the New Testament was only intended to be taken literally, several modern scholars, as well as most ancient followers of gnosticism, have argued that parts of the New Testament were written as gnostic documents.

ee also

*Timaeus (dialogue)
*Bartimaeus (biblical character)
*Pythagoras
*Pythagoreanism
*Hermeticism
*Vesica piscis
*Sacred Geometry

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