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Mark
9:2-10
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser. |
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The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. |
| The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with
concordance, commentaries. |
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| The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons. |
| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
| The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
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"Transfiguration of Jesus,"
The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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I.XIV.6,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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Chapter
XV, Against Praxeas,
Tertullian
(c. 213) |
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Chapter
VIII, On Monogamy,
Tertullian
(c. 215) |
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VI.XLII,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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XII.36,
XII.37,
XII.39,
XII.40,
Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The heavenly glory of Christ,
which would within a short time be abased upon the cross, is
confirmed by visible signs, by the presence and talk of Elias and
Moses, and by the voice of the Father himself; all this occurred
before three of his disciples, who are witnesses against whom there
is no objection." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "It is good to be away from
the world, and alone with Christ: and how good to be with Christ
glorified in heaven with all the saints! But when it is well with
us, we are apt not to care for others, and in the fulness of our
enjoyments, we forget the many wants of our brethren." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "The Greek word [transfigured]
seems to refer to the form of God, and the form of a servant,
{mentioned by St. Paul, Php 2:6,7,} and may intimate,
that the Divine rays, which the indwelling God let out on this
occasion, made the glorious change from one of these forms into the
other. Mt 17:1; Lu 9:28." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The great object was to
reveal to the disciples his Divine glory before they beheld his
humiliation upon the cross, in order to sustain their faith in the
hour of trial." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
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"Jesus
Is Transfigured on a Mountain with Moses and Elijah,"
Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of
Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary
on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places,
events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: The
Transfiguration of Jesus," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Mark’s use of the story connects so
strongly to what follows that we can scarcely interpret it without
reference to what Jesus’ disciples were to ‘listen to’ in the chapters
which follow, namely lowliness and compassion. It is not just any
elevation of Jesus which will do, but this particular one, which we
appreciate when we know the whole story. Mark’s story reminds us that
disciples, then and now, frequently get it wrong, through fear and
ignorance and much else." |
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"Transfiguration," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
| "God commands us to listen to the words of Christ.
The tense of the verb is present imperative. That is, God is commanding
the disciples and the whole world to listen to Jesus." |
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Mark 9:2-9,
The Beginning of the Good
News: the Epiphany Gospels in Mark and John, Paul S. Berge,
Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1997. |
| Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks.
| "Besides the theme of the
disciples' blindness (or stupidity) in Mark, there is also the theme
of Jesus' faithfulness to his blind disciples. Given the choice of
glory on a mountain or death on a cross, which is more attractive?
Jesus comes down the mountain. He will not give up on his disciples.
He not give up his divine mission for the sake of all humanity." |
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Exegesis,
Transfiguration B, by
Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
| "Peter's suggestion may not have been
as far off the mark as it might seem. The Feast of Booths had taken on
an eschatological flavor as the gathering of the faithful..." |
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Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2006. |
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia.
| "When is it time to head up our
mountain? When is the time to come steadfastly down?" |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Lent 2B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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"Gospel
for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany: Mark 9:2-9," from Exegesis for the
Christian Year, Henry Gustafson, 1998. At
Religion
Online.
| "Not infrequently in our spiritual quests, we Christians try to find life
in the reading of scripture and meditative prayer, only to discover the practice lacks
vitality and that life eludes us." |
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"The
Transfiguration," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "What was your last experience
of awe? What stopped you and caught your attention? Why did this
event have such power over you?" |
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"Time Out Of Time," Patrick J. Willson, The Christian Century,
1994.
| "Mark's "eucatastrophe" cracks open
his story at midpoint, leaving us stunned and speechless. Like Peter, we
press into service whatever transformations, transmutations or
transmogrifications we have known, clumsily likening them to what we
have glimpsed on the mountain." |
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"The
Metamorphosis of Jesus so that Sinners Can Be, Too," analysis and reflection by
Ed Schroeder, in Sabbatheology by The Crossing Community of St Louis,
Missouri.
| "Mark, like Matthew, (but not Luke) uses the Greek term
"metamorphosis" for naming the transaction on the mountain. That term may be
homiletically useful with its analogy to insect life sequences that many of us learned in
school biology classes." |
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"The
Metamorphosis of Jesus so that Sinners Can Be, Too," analysis and reflection by
Ed Schroeder and Cathy Lessmann, in Sabbatheology by The Crossing Community of St Louis,
Missouri.
| "And maybe here's the biggest
metamorphosis of all: we no longer anticipate meeting God with fear
and trepidation, but on the contrary, we joyfully anticipate that
meeting, reveling in our newfound status of Jesus' beloved siblings
-- the apples of the Father's eyes." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Mark 9:
Transfiguration,"
"Transfiguration," wikipedia. |
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"A Focused Christological Reading of Mark 8:22 - 9:13," Kevin W Larsen,
Trinity Journal, 2005.
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"What I propose in this article is that the
three episodes of Mark 8:22-9:13 should be read inter-textually with each
other so as to begin offering a resolution to the christological question
of Mark's gospel, 'Who then is this?' (Mark 4:41)." |
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"The
Transfiguration, Cosmic Symbolism, and the Transformation of Consciousness
in the Gospel of Mark," David Ulansey, a paper presented at the 1996
meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature.
| "Thus the entire complex of late
Hellenistic garment-imagery, of which Mark's transfiguration acccount is
merely one example, may constitute a symbolically expressed collective
intuition that the introjection of psychic energy can result in a decisive
transformation of the self." |
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"Suffering
and Victory," Stanley S. Harakas, The Christian Century,
1997. At Religion Online.
| "In Mark we are confronted by both
suffering and exaltation, defeat and victory, weakness and power, death
and life in its fullness. Peter articulates the all-too-human responses
On the one hand he refuses to accept the suffering, defeat and death; on
the other, he readily expresses the desire to stay where the exaltation,
victory and manifestation of full life are revealed." |
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"A
Note on 'Elijah with Moses' in Mark 9.4," J.P. Heil, Biblica 80 (1999).
Abstract.
| "Whereas
Matt 17,3 and Luke 9,30 mention Moses first and coordinate him with Elijah in the
expression, "Moses and (kai\) Elijah", Mark 9,4 mentions Elijah first and seems
to subordinate Moses to him in the expression, "Elijah with (su\n) Moses". But a
close examination of all the instances where Mark uses the preposition su/n indicates that
this is not the case. On the contrary, the object of the preposition su\n in every
instance represents the more notable party." |
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"Opening Blind Eyes: A Revisioning of Mark 8:22 - 10:52," Marie Noel
Keller, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2001.
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"Keller
argues that Mark uses the stories of the two blind men in his Gospel to
serve as metaphors for his community...Their stories and the material
within the frame of 8:22-10:52 work together to help his community learn
the lessons they need in order to advance from the fear they are
experiencing to follow Jesus boldly 'on the
way.'" |
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"Who Will See 'The
Kingdom of God coming with Power' in Mark 9,1 -- Protagonists or
Antagonists?" Thomas R. Hatina, Biblica, 2005.
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"...what if the conventional reading process were
reversed whereby overshadowed portions of the episode, such as the
interplay between antagonists and protagonists, were given prior attention
and were permitted to inform the pregnant mythical language at the level
of the story’s hearing and telling/performance?" |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Moss, Candida R.,
"The Transfiguration: An Exercise in Markan Accommodation," Biblical
Interpretation, 2004. |
| O'Collins, Gerald, S.J.,
"Luminous Appearances of the Risen Christ," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1984. |
| Reedy, Charles J.,
"Mark 8:31 - 11:10 and the Gospel Ending," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1972. |
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| Reviews:
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Review:
The Transfiguration of Jesus: Narrative Meaning and
Function of Mark 9:2-3, Matthew 17:1-8, and Luke 98-36, by John Paul
Heil. Reviewed by John F. Craghan in Biblical Theology Bulletin,
2002.
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Review: Cosimo Pagliara, La figura di
Elia nel vangelo di Marco: Aspetti semantici e funzionali.
Pontificia Universia Gregoriana, 2003. Review by Edward L Bode
in
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. (Review is in
English.) |
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| Sermons:
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"If I Could Only," 26 February 2006,
Walter Harms, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Visions on a Mountaintop,"
"Mountains, Valleys and Plains,"
"Jesus Christ and Superman," Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington - Sermons from Seattle. |
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"The Role of
Religion in Today's Society," Sr. Joan Chittister, 30 Good Minutes,
Chicago Sunday Evening Club.
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"Simon Bar-Jonah, Come
On Down," the Rev. Barbara Berry-Bailey, Day 1,
2000. |
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"Spiritual 20/20,"
John Jewell,
2000. |
| Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist,"
Commentary and Homily
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| The Glory that Follows: Mark 8:38 - 9:29, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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"Transfiguration,"
Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages,
activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Transfiguration of Jesus,"
"Transfiguration," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church. |
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"On the Mountain
Top," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Peter Has a WOW Experience,"
children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
| "Jesus Is Changed on the Mountain Top," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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Mark 9 & 10
Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles. |
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"The Transfiguration," online
computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding
Hill. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
| Clip Art Images:
Mark 9:2-9, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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Mark 9:2-10, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Mark 9:2-10, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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Clip Art:
Jesus' Transfiguration, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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The
Transifiguration, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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