TY - BOOK ID - 4882581 TI - The Melchizedek tradition PY - 1976 VL - 30. SN - 0521210143 0521018714 0511554966 0511864965 9780521210140 9780511554964 9780521018715 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Melchizedek, KW - Bible. N.T. Hebrews KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - 227.1*9 KW - #GROL:SEMI-225<08> Soci 30 KW - #GROL:SEMI-227.1*9 KW - Brief van Paulus aan de Hebreeën KW - Melchizedek King of Salem KW - 227.1*9 Brief van Paulus aan de Hebreeën KW - Melchisedech, KW - Melchi-Zedek, KW - Malki-Tsedeḳ, KW - Melchisedec, KW - Melkitsedeq, KW - Melchisedek, KW - Bible. KW - Epistle to the Hebrews KW - Hebräerbrief (Book of the New Testament) KW - Hebrews (Book of the New Testament) KW - Poslanie do Evreite (Book of the New Testament) KW - Risālah ilá al-ʻIbrānīyīn (Book of the New Testament) KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Legends KW - Folk tales KW - Traditions KW - Urban legends KW - Folklore UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4882581 AB - 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. ER -