We have no proof that the Johannine Jesus was not drawn from life. 'For John', wrote 29 If that is what the verse means, but in the overall pattern of priestly tradition, a transformation experience seems likely. 30 See my book The Great Angel op. cit. n. 4. Morton Smith, 'Jesus ...
This priestly role for the angel appears also in T. Levi 5.1, 6, where an unnamed interceding angel grants Levi his vision of the heavenly throne; T. Dan. 6.1 has an angel who is both mediator and warrior, described later in T. Dan. 6.5 as the Angel of Peace; T. Ash. 6.6 and ...