Melkizedek
In the Hebrew Bible, Melchizedek was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon (often translated as 'God Most High'). He is first mentioned in Genesis 14:18–20, where he brings out bread and wine and blesses Abraham.
In Christianity, according to the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus Christ is identified as "High priest forever in the order of Melchizedek", and so Jesus assumes the role of High Priest once and for all. Chazalic literature – specifically Targum Jonathan, Targum Yerushalmi, and the Babylonian Talmud – presents his name (מלכי־צדק) as a nickname for Shem.
Joseph Blenkinsopp has suggested that the story of Melchizedek is an informal insertion into the Genesis narration, possibly inserted in order to give validity to the priesthood and titles connected with the Second Temple. It has also been conjectured that the suffix "-zedek" may have been or become a reference to a Canaanite deity worshipped in pre-Israelite Jerusalem.
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