Spit in your eye: the blind man of Bethsaida and the blind man of Alexandria

The account of Vespasian's use of spittle to heal a blind man at Alexandria has long been noted as a parallel to the use of spittle in Mark's healing of the Blind Man of Bethsaida, but little has been made of the temporal proximity of these two stories. Vespasian's healings formed par...

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Main Author: Eve, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
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