On November 2nd, 2017 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will

present a discussion on the Biblical mystery man Melchizedek who appears

in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, and later in the New Testament.

Melchizedek literally means King and Priest or Priest-King. He was said

to have given the first communion to Abraham in the days before Joseph

became a leader in Egypt. Although legendary he was said to have

established an order of priesthood to rival that of Moses

brother Aaron. He represented the original Canaanite god El ("the most

High God") whereas Aaron's priesthood was that of Moses' Jehovah

(Yahweh). After the Babylonian captivity Ezra attempted to overwrite all

references to El in the Bible and make Jehovah the supreme being. The

New testament declares twice that Jesus the Nazareen is a priest after

the Order of Melchizedek -- We will look at this in relation to the

Egyptian and Phoenician situation at the time and later Gnostic

Christian writings. So if you want to do some Biblical detective work

tune in and we'll solve the mystery.