Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

George:

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:25 PM, George Athas 
<George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

>   Karl, where in the text do you get the concept of Melchizedek's deity
> being the 'universal God'?
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>  *GEORGE ATHAS*
> *Director of Postgraduate Studies,*
> *Moore Theological College *(moore.edu.au)
> *Sydney, Australia*
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> Because he is described not as a deity for a particular place, but as the
deity that got possession of “heavens and earth”, i.e. the whole universe.
That phrase is used twice in this passage.

Karl W. Randolph.