The Melchizedek Tradition : A Critical Examination of the Sources to the Fifth Century A.D. and in the Epistle to the Hebrews
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521210143
ISBN-13
9780521210140
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 1976
Print length
203 Pages
Weight
4 grams
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Why was Melchizedek a minor figure, selected to represent the priesthood of Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews?
This monograph seeks to answer the question why Melchizedek, who is a minor figure in the Old Testament, is selected by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews to represent the priesthood of Christ. In the course of his study, Professor Horton surveys the traditions about Melchizedek from the Old Testment period, in Philo, Josephus and Qumran, to the later sources in Rabbinical and patristic writings and the Gnosticism. The book concludes with a critical examination of the claims made for the dependence of Hebrews on the Qumran figure and tradition. The author finally rejects this interpretation in favour of a source and background for Hebrews in an independent and largely original interpretation of the Old Testament passages.
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