We hope you have enjoyed this series on the Transfiguration of Jesus and that it helps you see deeper into this fantastic event.
Today's lesson is the seventh and final in our series on understanding the background to the Transfiguration of Jesus.
In this video, we summarize what we discovered during the first six lessons and see if we can't come up with two overarching categories that will help us understand the overall message being communicated.
Finally, we will look at a biblical allusion that connects the account at Caesarea Philippi - just prior to the Transfiguration - with Psalm 42 and Psalm 43.
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References:
Rabbinic Writings - archive.org (you will need to sign up for a free account)
- Midrash on Psalm 43 - Page 445
https://archive.org/details/midrashonpsalms0000unse/page/444/mode/2up
Basser, Herbert W. “The Jewish Roots of the Transfiguration,” Bible Review 14, no. 3 (1998): 30, 32, 34–35.
Daniel Boyarin - Logos, a Jewish Word
https://www.academia.edu/36254597/Daniel_Boyarin_Logos_a_Jewish_Word_John_s_Prologue_as_Midrash_in_Amy-Jill_Levine_and_Marc_Zvi_Brettler_eds._The_Jewish_Annotated_New_Testament_New_York_Oxford_University_Press_2011_546_549
Daniel Boyarin - The Gospel of the Memra
https://melc.berkeley.edu/Web_Boyarin/BoyarinArticles/108%20Gospel%20of%20the%20Memra%20(2001).pdf
Amy-Jill Levine - The Jewish Annotated New Testament
https://smile.amazon.com/Jewish-Annotated-New-Testament/dp/0190461853/ref=sr_1_1?crid=CROOHNZE3QIC&keywords=jewish+annotated+new+testament+2nd+edition&qid=1660412766&sprefix=jewish+ann%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1
Byron Sherwin - Kabbalah: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism https://smile.amazon.com/Kabbalah-Introduction-Mysticism-Byron-Sherwin/dp/0742543641/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QTVTY5QIVYUN&keywords=kabbalah+sherwin&qid=1660412524&sprefix=%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1
Eduard Shyfrom - From Infinity to Man
https://smile.amazon.com/Infinity-Man-Fundamental-Framework-Information/dp/1911195840/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2EPOULOG7HPCO&keywords=from+infinity+to+man&qid=1660412851&sprefix=from+infi%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-2
Lawrence Kushner - Honey From the Rock
https://smile.amazon.com/Honey-Special-Anniversary-Lawrence-Kushner/dp/1580230733/ref=sr_1_6?crid=GTSDI6SDYJEE&keywords=lawrence+kushner&qid=1660412610&sprefix=lawrence+kushner%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-6
John Paul Heil - The Transfiguration of Jesus - https://www.amazon.com/Transfiguration-Jesus-Narrative-Function-Dissertationes/dp/8876531440/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AZJURDJ2Q3DO&keywords=john+paul+heil+transfiguration&qid=1657986836&s=books&sprefix=john+paul+heil+transfiguration%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1
David Stern - Jewish New Testament Commentary -
https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-New-Testament-Commentary-Companion/dp/9653590081/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IRPTZU2LY7BK&keywords=jewish+new+testament+commentary+by+david+stern&qid=1657987058&s=books&sprefix=david+stern+new+%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-1
Great Website for Second Temple Period Writings:
www.earlyjewishwritings.com
- Genesis Rabbah - https://archive.org/details/RabbaGenesis/page/n231/mode/2up
- Exodus Rabbah - https://archive.org/details/midrashrabbah0002unse
- Leviticus Rabbah - https://archive.org/details/midrashrabbah0000unse/page/384/mode/2up
- Numbers Rabbah - https://archive.org/details/midrashrabbah0000unse_o7k3
- Deuteronomy Rabbah - https://archive.org/details/midrashrabbah0000unse_o6q1
