Placing the jesus miracles in historical / cultural context...

If I was a proper academic researcher, I'd be seeking documented records of the nature of the bible land entertainment industry before and during the roman occupation....

Were there known popular entertainers, and did they include travelling conjures, hypnotists, and clairvoyants amongst their ranks...???

Also any crossover between 'magicians and their accomplices, and criminal gangs of fraudulent 'tricksters'...

Finding all this out makes sense to me....