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It was probably not Tabor, according to the legend; for on the top of Tabor then most likely stood a fortified town
When he was transfigured on the mount, Math. 17, 3, Moses and Elijah stood by him; that means, the law and the prophets as his two witnesses, which are signs pointing to him
The Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1–8) At first glance, this passage may seem to indicate that Moses and Elijah are alive even though Moses was ... The same Greek word, (Grk. orama), is used to describe the action in each scene...
The only really formidable difficulty is that adduced by De Wette, from Robinson, that, at this period, the summit of Tabor was occupied by a fortress. But even if Antiochus the Great fortified this mountain BC 219, this by no means proves that a fortress existed in the time of Christ; while if, as Josephus tells us, it was fortified against the Romans, this must certainly have happened forty years later