Traditional alternative Transfiguration mountain

Modern identification

Mount Tabor · Lower Galilee

Coordinates

32.6869, 35.3908

Longstanding Christian tradition, though its distance from Caesarea Philippi and historical circumstances lead many scholars to prefer other options.

What happened at Traditional alternative Transfiguration mountain

1. The transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain (probably hermon) near cæesarea philippi

   Mark 9:2-8; Matthew 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36

   Robertson favors Hermon; Tabor is preserved as the major traditional alternative. The Gospel names no mountain. Robertson favors Hermon for the Transfiguration, but the Gospel does not name the mountain.

2. The puzzle of the three disciples about the resurrection and about Elijah on their way down the mountain

   Mark 9:9-13; Matthew 17:9-13; Luke 9:36

   Robertson favors Hermon for the Transfiguration, but the Gospel does not name the mountain.

Nearby places in Lower Galilee

• Cana of Galilee
• Nain