Melchizedek in the MT, LXX, and the NT

Melchizedek is mentioned in the Hebrew Old Testament only in Gen 14,18-20 and Psalm 110,4. The details about this (originally Canaanite) priest-king in these passages were further read and understood in the Hellenistic and Roman periods of Jewish, and later Christian, history. This is seen in the tr...

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Main Author: Fitzmyer, Joseph A. 1920-2016 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2000
In: Biblica
Year: 2000, Volume: 81, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-69
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Summary:Melchizedek is mentioned in the Hebrew Old Testament only in Gen 14,18-20 and Psalm 110,4. The details about this (originally Canaanite) priest-king in these passages were further read and understood in the Hellenistic and Roman periods of Jewish, and later Christian, history. This is seen in the translation or interpretation of the passages in the Septuagint, the writings of Flavius Josephus, the Epistle to the Hebrews, and in the Peshitta, where a process of allegorization was at work.
ISSN:2385-2062
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica