南神神學院圖書館

A revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Westminster College, 1992.

1. Introduction -- Statement of purpose -- Method -- Working assumptions -- 2. A critical survey of scholarship on the Transfiguration -- The Transfiguration, the Resurrection, Ascension and Parousia -- The Transfiguration and the theme of suffering -- The Transfiguration viewed within Jewish and Hellenistic categories -- The Transfiguration and the function of Moses and Elijah -- The Transfiguration and Moses-Sinai symbolism -- 3. A survey of Moses-Sinai and Transfiguration language and themes in Philo -- Moses-Sinai and Transfiguration motifs in Josephus -- Moses-Sinai and Transformation motifs in Qumran language -- Moses-Sinai and Moses-Transfiguration themes in Samaritan literature -- Moses-Sinai and Transfiguration motifs in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha -- A survey of Moses-Sinai and other Moses motifs in Rabbinic halakah and haggada -- A survey of Moses-Sinai motifs in the fragments of lost Judeo-Hellenistic works -- 4. Matthew 17:1-13 in the light of literary parallels and Daniel 7-Sinai considerations -- The Transfiguration in the light of parallels in apocalyptic literature -- The 'Vision-Form', Matthew's use of Daniel motifs -- The Sinai-Daniel 7 conceptual setting: The relationship between Matthew's presentation of the 'coming of the Son of Man' (16:27-28). the 'coming of God' at Sinai, Daniel 7, and Matthew 17:1-13

5. An exegesis of Matthew 17:1-13 in the light of source and redaction critical issues -- Matthew 17:1 and Mark 9:2a -- Matthew 17:3 and Mark 9:4 -- Matthew 17:5 and Mark 9:5 -- Matthew 17:6-7 -- Matthew 17:8 and Mark 9:8 -- Matthew 17:9, 17:10-13 in the light of Mark 9:9-10 and 9:11-13 -- 6. Matthew's Transfiguration periscope (17:1-13) in the light of the Jesus-Moses and Exodus-Sinai parallelism elsewhere in the first Gospel -- Moses and Matthew's infancy narrative (Mt. 1:18-2:23) -- The baptism narrative (Mt. 3:13-17) -- The temptation narrative and the Jesus-Exodus-Israel parallelism (Mt. 4:1-11) -- The Sermon on the Mount (Mt. 5-7) -- The Last Supper (Mt. 26:17-29) -- Jesus' Moses-type farewell discourse (Mt. 28:16-20 and Deut. 1-34) -- 7. Matthew's Moses-Jesus typology in the light of son of David themes and Zion theology -- 7. Confirmation of the importance of the Jesus-Moses and Transfiguration motifs elsewhere in the New Testament -- The Jesus-Moses parallelism and Exodus motifs in the Acts speeches -- The Transfiguration in 2 Peter 1:16-18 -- The Jesus-Moses parallelism and the Letter to the Hebrews -- Moses-Sinai and Transfiguration motifs in the Fourth Gospel -- Moses-Sinai and Transfiguration motifs and 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 and 4:1-6 -- Overall conclusions.