Dorothy Lee argues passionately for restoring the study of The
Transfiguration to the centre of the theological stage, and she
succeeds triumphantly. Whereas a theology of transfiguration has
long been an essential part of the Eastern theologoical tradition,
it has often seemed strange to our Western rational minds. The book
argues that the transfiguration functions as an epiphany revealing
Jesus' true identity and also an apocalyptic vision, depicting
God's transforming future. A chapter is devoted to each of the four
New Testament narratives of the transfiguration, setting the story
within the wider literary and theological framework of the text.
Traces of the transfiguration are examined in other parts of the
New Testament, particularly in The Gospel of John, where the
symbolism is close to that of the transfiguration. Finally, the
author draws out the symbolism and theological implications of the
transfiguration for an understanding of Christ, God's radical
future and the transformation of all creation, drawing on the icons
of Eastern Christianity and Western theologies of beauty. This book
is a small masterpiece and a model of clarity and lucid exposition.
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