The Melchizedek Tradition: A Critical Examination of the Sources to the Fifth Century A.D. and in the Epistle to the Hebrews,9780521018715

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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ISBN13: 9780521018715
ISBN10: 0521018714
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-08-22
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Abbreviations x
1 Introduction 1(11)
2 The Background Sources I: The Old Testament 12(42)
Introduction
12(1)
Genesis xiv. 18-20
13(10)
Psalm cx
23(11)
Melchizedek in the Old Testament
34(16)
Conclusions
50(4)
3 The Background Sources II: Philo, Qumran, and Josephus 54(33)
Introduction
54(1)
Philo
54(6)
Qumran
60(22)
Josephus
82(1)
Conclusions
83(4)
4 The Later Sources I: The Early Church and the Rabbis 87(44)
Introduction
87(1)
The Early Church
87(27)
The Rabbinic Sources
114(17)
5 The Later Sources II: Gnosticism 131(21)
Fragment 52
131(4)
The Pistis Sophia, Books I-III
135(7)
The Pistis Sophia, Book IV, and the Second Book of Ieû
142(5)
Conclusions regarding the Gnostic sources
147(5)
6 Conclusion: Melchizedek and the Epistle to the Hebrews 152(21)
Introduction
152(1)
Hebrews vii. 3
152(8)
Melchizedek and Christ in Hebrews
160(4)
Hebrews and heresy
164(1)
The Gnostics
165(2)
The IIQ Melchizedek
167(3)
In conclusion
170(3)
Select Bibliography 173(10)
Indexes 183

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