Three years ago, Time...
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Three years ago, Time magazine asked novelist Reynolds Price, who had previously translated the Greek texts of Mark and John, to take another look at episodes in Jesus' life and write a new Gospel based on the historical evidence and his reading of scripture. Here's how Price concluded his section on the Transfiguration:
"Moses and Elijah began to fade. And though his clothes and face were still shining unbearably, Jesus walked down toward the three. He was still not himself -- not the man they had known -- yet each of them privately came to believe what they would tell one another only after his death. When Jesus reached them, he held out his hands, still streaming light, and said, 'We'll never be gladder than this.' Then he quietly told them about the death he must soon undergo...."
"Moses and Elijah began to fade. And though his clothes and face were still shining unbearably, Jesus walked down toward the three. He was still not himself -- not the man they had known -- yet each of them privately came to believe what they would tell one another only after his death. When Jesus reached them, he held out his hands, still streaming light, and said, 'We'll never be gladder than this.' Then he quietly told them about the death he must soon undergo...."
