Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets / And Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources

by S. Baring-Gould

[346] This the Targumim, or pharaphrases of the Sacred Text, distinctly say, “Melchizedek, who was Shem, son of Noah, king of Jerusalem.” (Etheridge, i. p. 199.)

[347] Fabricius, Codex Pseud. V. T. t. i. p. 311. The Book of the Combat of Adam says Melchizedek was the son of Canaan.

[348] Suidas, Lexic. s. v. Μελχισεδεκ.

[349] Πασχάλιον, seu Chronicon Paschale a mundo condito ad Heraclii imp. ann. vicesimum. Ed. C. du Fresne du Cange; Paris, 1688, p. 49.

[350] Michael Glycas, Βὶβλος χρονικη, ed. Labbe; Paris, 1660, p. 135.

[351] Georgius Cedrenus, Σς νοψιύ ἱστοριῶν, ed. Goar; Paris, 1647. t. i. p. 27.

[352] Josephus Ben-Gorion, lib. vi. c. 35, apud Fabricium, i. p. 326.

[353] S. Epiphanius Hæresi, lv. c. 2.

[354] Talmud, Tract. Bava Bathra.

[355] Tabari, i. c. liii.