Marqah

The Memar Marqah, or The teaching of Marqah, is a Samaritan homiletic tractate.[1][2]

References
  1. Memar Marqah. The Teaching of Marqah, edited and translated by John Macdonald. Vol. I, The Text, 177 pp.; Vol. II, The Translation, 255 pp. Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Nr. 84. Verlag Alfred Töpelmann, Berlin, 1963
  2. A. D. A. Moses Matthew's Transfiguration Story and Jewish-Christian Controversy 1850755760- 1996 "His departure is very much like an assumption or ascension story influenced by Sinai motifs and Sinai type cataclysmic happenings and language: 'All the powers descended on to Mount Nebo...the Glory drew near to him and embraced him' (Memar Marqah 5.3, p. 203). According to Memar Marqah 5.4, p. 207 'The shining light which abode on his face is with him in his tomb'. These examples show that the Moses-transfiguration theme plays an important role in Samaritan theology."


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