Mount of Transfiguration

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The Franciscan Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor
The Church of the Transfiguration

One of the unknowns of the New Testament is the identification of the mountain where Jesus underwent his Transfiguration. The Matthew account of the Transfiguration is as follows:

“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.” (Matthew 17:1–9, KJV)

Identifications

Several candidates for this mountain have been suggested:

Mount Tabor

Transitus Beatae Mariae Virginis. The summit of Mount Tabor is also referenced as the place of the Transfiguration according to the Mystical City of God by Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda (1602–1665), who writes: "For His Transfiguration He selected a high mountain in the center of Galilee, two leagues east of Nazareth and called Mount Tabor." The Church of the Transfiguration is located atop Mount Tabor.[citation needed][clarification needed
]

Mount Hermon

Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13
), where the previous events reportedly took place.

Other locations

Other locations that have been proposed include: one of the

Gustav Dalman (1924);[6] Mount Nebo by H. A. Whittaker (1987);[7] and Mount Sinai by Benjamin Urrutia[when?]. Others, such as A. Loisy (1908), have deliberately rejected seeking a geographical location.[8]

References

  1. The Catholic Encyclopedia
    , vol. XV, New York: Robert Appleton Company
  2. ^ Jesus and Archaeology - Page 176 James H. Charlesworth - 2006 "R. H. Fuller and J. Lightfoot proposed Mount Hermon as the mount of the transfiguration, because the place"
  3. ^ R.W. Stewart The Tent and the Khan 1854
  4. ^ Charlesworth Jesus and Archaeology - Page 176 "G. Dalman chose tell el Akhmar on the Golan Heights as the place of transfiguration." R. W. Stewart preferred the Horn of Hattin." W. Ewing thought Gebel Germaq [Mount Meron/Jabal al-Jarmaq] was the place where Jesus showed his glory to the apostles."
  5. ^ W. Ewing, "The Mount of Transfiguration", The Expository Times, Volume XVIII,1906-1907, p333-p334
  6. ^ ; G. Dalman Orte und Wege Jesu (1924)
  7. ^ H. A. Whittaker, Studies in the Gospels Biblia 1987
  8. ^ Charlesworth Jesus and Archaeology "A. Loisy concluded that those who look for a geographical place for the transfiguration are like Peter who asked to build three tents. They do not...."
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