Melchizedek, Melchisedech, Melkisetek, or Malki Tzedek (/mɛl.ˈkɪz.ə.dɪk/;[1] Hebrew: מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶֿק malkī-ṣeḏeq; Amharic: መልከ ጼዴቅ malkī-ṣeḏeq; Armenian: Մելքիսեդեք, Melkisetek), is the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon ("God most high") mentioned in the 14th chapter of the Book of Genesis.
Melchizedek
Works about Melchizedek edit
- "Melchisedech," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)
- "Melchizedek" in A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon (1891)
- "Melchizedek," in Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- "Melchizedek," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Melchizedek" in Legends of Old Testament Characters by Sabine Baring-Gould (1871)
- "Melchizedek" in The Lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament by Montague Rhodes James (1920)