Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Kenneth:

The following is merely an analysis of the linguistic and literary record
written in Tanakh, acknowledging that not all on this list accept it as
accurate history.

There are several people mentioned in Tanakh who were not descendants of
Abraham yet were counted as worshipping the same God as Abraham. People that
come to mind include Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, Caleb one of the 12 spies
and his nephew who was the first listed judge of Israel after Joshua who
saved Israel from oppression, the most famous being Job who had a whole book
about him. While it is true that all those I named lived after Abraham,
there is no indication that they all got their knowledge of God through
Abraham and his descendants.

Since Tanakh pictures God as having created the universe, and having
interacted with people in space-time history after creation, so from the
context there is every expectation that Melchizedek worshipped the same God
as did Abraham.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 11:28 PM, kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Donald,
>
> The HEbrew Bible does not say only Abraham believed in G-d as the Most High
>  G-d. It is unlikely that he would give a tithe to a priest of a different
> Most High G-d that he called by G-d's name to show who he was really
> donating to. Maybe you have heard about people called the sons or children
> of Noah or Noahides. They believe that Noah taught the world to believe in
> G-d and that Abraham  was not the only one.
>
> Now that I have given an opinion, I guess this thread will be closed to
> prevent  any further religious discussion.
>
> Kenneth Greifer
>