Robert R Cargill

Melchizedek, King of Sodom

How Scribes Invented the Biblical Priest-King

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Produktbeschreibung

The biblical figure Melchizedek appears just twice in the Hebrew Bible, and once more in the Christian New Testament. Cited as both the king of Shalem¿understood by most scholars to be Jerusalem¿and as an eternal priest without ancestry, Melchizedek's appearances become textual justification for the establishment of the kingship of David in Jerusalem and the Christian priesthood. But what if the text was manipulated? Robert R. Cargill explores the Hebrew and Greektexts concerning Melchizedek's encounter with Abraham in Genesis as a basis to unravel the biblical mystery of this character's origins.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 167mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780190946968
• ISBN-10: 0190946962
• Artikelnr.: 55390672

Autorenporträt

Dr. Robert R. Cargill is Associate Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at The University of Iowa and the editor of Biblical Archaeology Review. He has appeared on CNN, History, Discovery, National Geographic, and other channels. He is the author of The Cities that Built the Bible and Qumran through (Real) Time.

Inhaltsangabe

* Abbreviations
* Preface
* Introduction
* Chapter 1 - History of Interpretation of Melchizedek
* Chapter 2 - Melchizedek the Man in the Context of Gen. 14
* Chapter 3 - From Sodom to Shalem: Polishing the Patriarch
* Chapter 4 - From ?El ?Elyon to YHWH: Conflating Deities and
Monotheistic Apologetics
* Chapter 5 - Evidence of Sectarian Redaction in the SP and MT
* Chapter 6 - From Shalem to Jerusalem: Sectarian Relocation Via
Redaction
* Chapter 7 - The Tithes that Bind: Seeking Precedent for Tithing to
the Jerusalem Priesthood
* Chapter 8 - Psalm 110: From Davidic King to Melchizedek
* Chapter 9 - Conclusion
* Appendices
* Bibliography
* Notes
* Index