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Melchizedek, mysterious priest-king deleted from Genesis
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Melchizedek, mysterious priest-king deleted from Genesis

Machiventa Melchizedek, incarnated teacher
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Machiventa Melchizedek, incarnated teacher

Machiventa Melchizedek, incarnated teacher = Melchizedek, mysterious priest-king deleted from Genesis

UB ConfirmedStrong evidenceBiblical / Abrahamic

The Connection

Machiventa incarnated at Salem (~1973 BC) and taught for 94 years. Later Hebrew scribes deliberately minimized Melchizedek to elevate Abraham. "The Hebrew scribes systematically destroyed every record they could find of Machiventa Melchizedek."

UB Citation

UB 93:9.9

Academic Source

Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7; Dead Sea Scrolls 11Q13

Historical Evidence(Strong evidence)

11Q13 (Dead Sea Scrolls, Cave 11, c. 100 BCE) portrays Melchizedek as "an enormously exalted divine being, to whom are applied names generally reserved for God alone." Hebrews 7: "without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life." Frank Moore Cross (1973): "El Elyon" (God Most High) predates Yahwism. Margaret Barker (1992): the Melchizedek tradition represents an older, suppressed strand of Israelite religion.

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