ABSTRACT
The dark waters of the sea parted and opened, offering a way through
As they rolled back on either side; the earth was exposed, Stripped of its familiar waters and on foot the mass of people Entered the sea, though the sea was gone, and the dry waters
140 Were stunned to see strange feet walking through the deep. Nature changed its course and the people went right in Through the middle of the sea, already undergoing a primitive
baptism, For Christ was their leader, as the reading clearly proclaims: The voice of the Lord is over many waters,2 and the voice is the
Word. Christ the Word is present; he who governs the two Testaments Of the Law existing in harmony, opened up the ancient abyss, So that the teaching that followed might walk on dry and level
land. Why should I mention how the innumerable hordes Ate of angelic foods with bread from heaven and how the
people 150 Fed on the airborne sweetness of divine nectar from the clouds,
Obtaining their meals from the rain and their food from the showers.
