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Moses of Crete was a Jewish messiah claimant of the 5th Century who “persuaded the Jews of Crete to walk into the sea, as Moses had done, to return to Israel - with disastrous results”. What is known about this strange historical anecdote?

by /u/JustinJSrisuk in /r/AskHistorians

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