Biblical Hebrew Forum

[John Ronning <ronning AT nis.za>]

Ian Hutchesson wrote:
> 
> I'm away from Rome at the moment, but I'd like to take the opportunity to 
> mention that I > personally have not disseminated any comment about the 
> whole chapter of Gen14. My comments > were directed solely at the passage 
> in Gen14 which deals with Melkizedek and evinces the form > el elyon, which 
> suddenly appears between the time that the king of Sodom goes to see 
> Abraham > and the time when he arrives.


That being the case, you have a nice opportunity to check
the validity of your theory.  If you are right, then the
detailed interrelations between Genesis 14 and other texts
that I mentioned in my first post should pertain only to
portions of Genesis 14 excluding the Melchizedek verses. 
but that's not what we find - Salem, Melchizedek, and
Melchizedek's speech are all part of the mix showing up in
Genesis 15, Joshua 10, and Psalm 76.

John