Who Was the Mysterious Melchizedek in the Bible?
Key Takeaways The mystical biblical figure of Melchizedek has intrigued ( and at a loss ) spiritual mind and scholars for centuries . He make a brief but significant appearance in Genesis — the first book of the HebrewBible(known to Christians as the Old Testament ) — when he blesses the patriarch Abram and is introduced as the " non-Christian priest of the Most High God . " From that single acknowledgment , various Jewish sects and early Christians develop their own disparate interpretations of who Melchizedek was and what he represented ....