Melchizedek Fragment  [11QMelch (11Q13)]

Badly damaged eschatological interpretation of the Jubilee, with an angelic Melchizedek presiding over the judgment of the forces of Belial. Extensive use of Ps 7 & 82 and Isa 52 & 61.

Other resources on line:

  • Melchizedek, Michael and War in Heaven - James Davila's analysis of early Jewish and Christian textual evidence of a Jewish myth of a cosmic battle between the forces of good and evil (U of St. Andrews, Scotland UK).

Other important Dead Sea Scrolls

Perspective on the World of Jesus

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