it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place. The fallen angels, told of in the Book of Enoch, landed on this mountain for the purpose of polluting God's creation through the creation of giants, "mighty men of old, men of renown" (Genesis 6). Other locations Other locations that have been proposed include: one of the Horns of Hattin, by R. W. Stewart (1857); Gebel Germaq (1,208 metres), 5 kilometres southwest of Safed, by W. Ewing (1906); Tel El-Ahmar (1,452 metres) on Jabal al-Druze, by Gustav Dalman (1924); Mount Nebo by H. A. Whittaker (1987); and Mount Sinai by Benjamin Urrutia. Others, such as A. Loisy (1908), have deliberately rejected seeking a geographical location. References Transfiguation Mount Hermon