Transfiguration

Japanese: Transfiguration
Transfiguration

…According to the Old Testament, around 1200 B.C., the tribes of Israel led by the judge Deborah set up camp on this mountain and fought against the chariots of the Canaanite army, winning a victory (Judges 4, 5). In addition, in an old Christian tradition, this mountain is said to be the site of the so-called Transfiguration, in which Jesus suddenly changed his appearance in front of his disciples Peter, James, and James' brother John, and spoke to Moses and Elijah (Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9). A large church commemorating this event now stands on the ruins of the ancient church (completed in 1924). …

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Japanese:

…旧約聖書によると,前1200年ころ女士師デボラDeborahに率いられたイスラエル諸部族がこの山に陣をしいてカナン軍の戦車隊と戦い勝利を博したとされる(《士師記》4,5)。また古いキリスト教の伝承では,イエスが弟子ペテロとヤコブおよびヤコブの兄弟ヨハネの前で急に姿が変わり,モーセ,エリヤと語ったといういわゆる〈キリストの変貌Transfiguration〉が起こった山とされている(《マタイによる福音書》17,《マルコによる福音書》9,《ルカによる福音書》9)。現在それを記念する大教会が古代の教会の遺跡の上に建っている(1924竣工)。…

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