Marqah Explained

The Memar Marqah, or The teaching of Marqah, is a Samaritan homiletic tractate.^{[1] [2]} It was written in Samaritan Aramaic by the Samaritan scholar, philosopher and poet, Marqah in the 4th century.^[3] The work is a collection of midrashic compositions on several parts of the Pentateuch, expanding its presentation of events and precepts with the purpose of examining its theological, didactic, and philosophical teachings.^[3]

Further reading

• Tal, Abraham, ed. 2019. Tibåt Mårqe: The Ark of Marqe: Edition, Translation, Commentary. Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.

Notes and References

1. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/002096436501900154 Memar Marqah. The Teaching of Marqah, edited and translated by John Macdonald.
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."
3. Tibåt Mårqe: A New Edition with English Translation . Religions . Tal . Abraham . 1 . 11 . 52 . 10.3390/rel11010052 . 2020 . 2077-1444. free .