Who is melchizedek?: an exegetical study of hebrews 7:1

Authors

  • Wenderson Oliveira Barreto

Keywords:

Melchizedek, heavenly priesthood, earthly priesthood, priesthood of the firstborn, levitical priesthood.

Abstract

This research has as subject of its study one of the most mysterious personage of the Bible: Melchizedek. With such a goal, we focused in the book where his name is mentioned most frequently than in any other of the Bible, i.e., the Book of Hebrews. Who was this Melchizedek? A man? An angel? Christ Himself? The opinions have been divergents along the centuries, and even today there is no consensus on the issue. Nevertheless, this study proposes that the view that this King-Priest was just a human being, contemporaneous to Abraham, is the opinion that do more justice to the biblical text and data.

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2007-03-07

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BARRETO, W. O. Who is melchizedek?: an exegetical study of hebrews 7:1. Kerygma, Engenheiro coelho (SP), v. 3, n. 1, p. 56, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.unasp.edu.br/kerygma/article/view/284. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2007)

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Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso

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