The episode is now live. In this follow-up to the multi-part Melchizedek series, Dr. Michael Heiser answers listener questions exploring the deeper and often speculative traditions about the mysterious priest-king of Genesis 14. This Q&A episode touches not only...
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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 168: Melchizedek, Part 2: Second Temple Jewish Literature
In the previous two episodes on Melchizedek (1a, 1b) we covered the Old Testament data on this enigmatic figure. Jewish writers and readers in the Second Temple Period (ca. 500 BC – 70 AD) naturally had ideas on who Melchizedek was and how to understand him as a...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 167: Melchizedek, Part 1B: Old Testament Continued
Melchizedek is one of the more enigmatic figures in the Bible. Mentioned in only two passages in the Old Testament (Gen 14:17-24; Psalm 110), he nevertheless drew a lot of attention during the Second Temple Period and the New Testament. Thousands of pages of scholarly...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 166: Melchizedek in the Old Testament: Part 1A
Melchizedek is such a complicated subject we're going to end up doing four episodes on him: Old Testament, Part 1A Old Testament, Part 1B 2nd Temple Judaism New Testament 1A is now live! Melchizedek remains one of the most enigmatic figures in the Bible. In Episode...