Theophany

Itinerating on the Water

Stephen Unthank
Mar 11, 2021
Our author, John, wants us not only to see the prophet Moses, whose rich memory is woven throughout the entirety of chapter six, but he also wants us to see He who is greater than Moses. Consider: the setting, we’re told, is the season of “the Passover, the feast of the Jews” (vs. 4), and just like...

Transfigured Hermeneutics 4 - Jesus as God's Glory Face in John's Gospel

Alastair Roberts
Feb 1, 2016
This is the fourth part of a multipart discussion of the importance of the event of the Transfiguration for Christian theology and biblical reflection. In my first three posts, I argued for the significance accorded to the Transfiguration by its location within the narrative structure of the gospel...

Transfigured Hermeneutics 3: Transfiguration as Theophany

Alastair Roberts
Jan 13, 2016
This is the third part of a multipart series of posts on the subject of the Transfiguration and its significance for Christian theology and biblical reflection. Within the first couple of posts I explored the literary presentation of the event of the Transfiguration, chiefly as it appears in Luke's...