Endnote 13 – What Are Pagan River Gods Doing in Scenes of Jesus’ Baptism?

It is interesting to note that the Jordan is actually formed from the waters of four smaller streams (compare the four rivers of paradise), which converge in the plain of Lake Huleh, and eventually ends in the Dead Sea. See Nelson Glueck, The River jordan (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968), for a survey of this river’s history and importance to the life and geography of Palestine and Israel.