The Figure of Melchizedek in the Old Testament Apocrypha of the Second Temple Period

Authors

  • Kovshov Mihail V. Moscow Theological Academy, Perervinskaya Theological Seminary
  • priest Ioann Popov Moscow Theological Academy
  • priest Aleksand Todiev Moscow Theological Academy; Perervinskaya Theological Seminary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31802/PWG.2022.8.2.002

Keywords:

Melchizedek, Apocrypha, Qumran community, the period of the Second Jerusalem Temple

Abstract

The article examines the Old Testament apocrypha associated with the personality of Melchizedek. The texts discussed below relate to various historical moments, which allows us to trace the dynamics of the development of the doctrine of Melchizedek. These works are a synthesis of the Messianic and eschatological views of the Qumran community. They point to the process of forming the qualities of the Messiah during the period of the Second Jerusalem Temple, since the main function of Melchizedek is the salvation of the chosen people in the key apocrypha under consideration.

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Author Biographies

Kovshov Mihail V. , Moscow Theological Academy, Perervinskaya Theological Seminary

PhD in Theology

Associate Professor at the Department of Biblical Studie, Academic Secretary of Candidate’s Dissertational Counsel № 1 at the Moscow Theological Academy

Holy Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300, Russia

 

Associate Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies at the Perervinskaya Theological Seminary

82, Shosseinaya Street, Moscow, 109383, Russian Federation

paul.quest@nextmail.ru

priest Ioann Popov, Moscow Theological Academy

MA in Theology, priest

The Academy, Holy Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300, Russia

ioannpopov230@gmail.com

 

priest Aleksand Todiev, Moscow Theological Academy; Perervinskaya Theological Seminary

PhD in Theology

Associate Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies, Academic Secretary of Candidate’s Dissertational Counsel № 1 at the Moscow Theological Academy

Holy Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra, Sergiev Posad 141300, Russia

 

Vice-Rector for Academic Affair, Head of the Department of Theology, Associate Professor at the Department of Biblical Studies at the Perervinskaya Theological Seminary

82, Shosseinaya Street, Moscow, 109383, Russia

al.todiev@ya.ru

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2023-11-01

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Kovshov М. В., Popov И. В., & Todiev А. А. (2023). The Figure of Melchizedek in the Old Testament Apocrypha of the Second Temple Period. Theological Questions, 8(2), 29–45. https://doi.org/10.31802/PWG.2022.8.2.002

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022): Theological questions

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