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They did believe Jesus did those things but they saw those as reports as in eyewitness accounts. Not as literal as we think of it now. One way to think about it as the "literal" as a concept needs a lot of metaphysical elements and philosophy of language that only make sense after scholasticism and the reformation. Some scholars argue that it was closer to something like a hermeneutic of obedience," in which believers learn to interpret Scripture the way the biblical authors did as part of a chain of authority, this way everything reflected a kinda of ritual or sacremental view of reality. Basically, the litrugy game first to interpret things. This was acutally one of the main points seperating Christianity from later developments of Judaism. Basically, both interpeted Second Temple Rituals as reflecting rituals but what those rituals pointed to was different. Pic is of a book pointing out the connection and how details and dates in the old testament had ritualistic value.