Melchizedek passages in the Bible : a case study for inner-biblical and inter-biblical interpretation / Alan Kam-Yau Chan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 An Introduction to Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation: With Special Reference to the Melchizedek Passages -- 2 The Issue of Methodology Regarding Inner- and Inter-Biblical Interpretation: Discourse Analysis (Text-Linguistics) -- 3 The Issue of Methodology Regarding Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation: Rhetorical Criticism -- 4 A Literary and Discourse Analysis of Genesis 14 -- 5 A Literary and Discourse Analysis of the Contexts of Genesis 14: Various Texts in Genesis and Numbers 22-24 -- 6 A Literary and Discourse Analysis of the Contexts of Genesis 14: 2 Samuel 7 -- 7 A Literary and Discourse Analysis of Psalm 110 -- 8 The Canonical Shape of the Psalter as Cotexts for Understanding Psalm 110: With Special Reference to Psalms 1-2 and Books I-IV -- 9 The Canonical Shape of the Psalter as Cotexts for Understanding Psalm 110: A Study of Book V of the Psalter -- 10 A Literary and Structural Analysis of Hebrews 1-7: An Inter-Biblical Interpretation of Melchizedek -- 11 A Discourse Analysis of Hebrews 1-7: Syntagmatic Use of the "Son" in Light of the Quotations and Allusions of Old Testament Scripture -- 12 Assessment and Conclusion -- Appendix 1 A Study of Issues Related do Inner- Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation -- Appendix 2 Genesis 14:18-20: An Insertion or Not -- Appendix 3 Layout of the Masoretic Text of Genesis 14 -- Appendix 4 A Discourse Analysis of Gen 14:20b: Who Gave Tithe to Whom -- Appendix 5 Three Texts Concerning Blessings: Genesis 48, 49 and Deuteronomy 33 -- Appendix 6 A Critique of Psalms 1 and 2 Not as One Unit -- Appendix 7 A Rhetorical Analysis of Psalms 1 and 2 -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Melchizedek is a mysterious figure to many people. Adopting discourse analysis and text-linguistic approaches, Chan attempts to tackle the Melchizedek texts in Genesis 14, Psalm 110, and Hebrews 5-7. This seminal study illustrates how the mysterious figure is understood and interpreted by later biblical writers, "... Using the “blessing” motif as a framework, Chan also argues that Numbers 22-24, 2 Samuel 7 and the Psalter: Books I-V (especially Psalms 1-2) provide a reading paradigm of interpreting Psalm 110. In addition, the structure of Hebrews provides a clue to how the author interprets the Old Testament texts.

Text in English, includes passages in Hebrew.