For example, in dismissing the Acts account of Paul’s shipwreck, Conzelmann and others ‘proved’ that the story must be a fantasy by demonstrating that it has the boat following ‘implausible’ routes and otherwise goes against common sense. Fortunately for their critics, these historians knew even less about sailing than they did about science. To them the Mediterranean is like an indoor swimming pool and one would, naturally, head directly to one’s destination, giving no heed to currents or to the fact that it is impossible to sail directly into the wind. When it subsequently was shown that the
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