Pseudo-Athenasius History of Melchizedek
Posted: April 15th, 2020, 3:18 pm
Pseudo-Athenasius History of Melchizedek
Spent the last several weeks focusing on the priesthood of Melchizedek. Yesterday I discovered a ninth century (?) folk tale about Melchizedek. The first few lines read somewhat similar to Genesis narrative. This is easy reading. Thought it might provide an amusing diversion.
The Story of Abraham and Melchizedek in the
Palaea Historica, William Adler
https://www.academia.edu/37229749/The_S ... _Historica
[1]
http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Mig ... sedech.pdf
Note: This text is in the TLG public/open corpus.
Spent the last several weeks focusing on the priesthood of Melchizedek. Yesterday I discovered a ninth century (?) folk tale about Melchizedek. The first few lines read somewhat similar to Genesis narrative. This is easy reading. Thought it might provide an amusing diversion.
You can read about it here:Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἦν τις βασίλισσα Σαλὴμ, κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως· ἐγέννησε δὲ τὸν Σαλαάδ. Σαλαὰδ δὲ ἐγέννησε Μελχί. Μελχὶ δὲ ἔσχε γυναῖκα κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σαλήμ· ἔτεκε δὲ αὐτῷ δύο υἱοὺς, ἕνα καλούμενον τὸν Μελχὶ, καὶ ἕτερον Μελχισεδέκ. Ἦν δὲ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν Ἕλλην, ἄσωτος, θυσίας ἐπιτελῶν τοῖς εἰδώλοις. Συνέφθασε δὲ καιρὸς ἐπιτήδειος τοῦ θυσιάζειν τοῖς εἰδώλοις· ἦν γὰρ θυσιάζων ἐν τῷ δωδεκαθέῳ· καὶ λέγει Μελχὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῷ ἑαυτοῦ υἱῷ Μελχισεδέκ· Λάβε μετὰ σοῦ ἐκ τῶν παιδαρίων, καὶ ἄπελθε εἰς τὸ βουκόλιον, καὶ πρόσαγέ μοι ἑπτὰ μόσχους, ἵνα θύσωμεν τοῖς θεοῖς. Ἀπερχόμενος οὖν ὁ Μελχισεδὲκ, ἔννοια θεϊκὴ ἐπῆλθεν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν, καὶ ἀτενίσας τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, ἠτένιζε τῷ ἡλίῳ, καὶ ἐνεθυμεῖτο περὶ τῆς σελήνης καὶ τῶν ἄστρων· καὶ ἐν ἑαυτῷ γενόμενος εἶπεν· Εἴ τις ἐποίησε τὸν οὐρανὸν, τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ τὰ ἄστρα, ἐκείνῳ ὀφείλει δοθῆναι ἡ θυσία τῷ κτίσαντι αὐτά. [1]
The Story of Abraham and Melchizedek in the
Palaea Historica, William Adler
https://www.academia.edu/37229749/The_S ... _Historica
[1]
http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Mig ... sedech.pdf
Note: This text is in the TLG public/open corpus.