Dr. Dalgaard's Documents

Melkisedeks mad og vin. Gastronomiske genskrivninger i præstekongens litterære efterliv. Kasper Dalgaard  Abstract: One fascinating aspect of the rich literary production of antiquity is the freedom with which religious figures were rewritten and the frequency with which this was done. Such rewritings often focus on redefining or enhancing the stars of Hebrew Scripture—primarily the usual suspects, such as Adam, Noah, and Abraham. Yet relatively insignificant characters also had tumultuous literary afterlives. An example of this is the king-priest Melchizedek. While his origins are shrouded in mystery, the multitude of rewritings using this particular figure reveals his importance for later times; Melchizedek was at times described as a member of the elite club of mediatorial figures—and at others times as an altogether too human madman. This article tracks the rewritings of Melchizedek through several centuries and a wide range of texts in an effort to better understand t...

Note: This paper is provided here to make the information within publicly available. Should you require data for a footnote, then it was originally given at EABS, Thessaloniki 2011 by Kasper Dalgaard. A full article on the subject has appeared in   Studies on Magic and Divination in the Biblical World , Biblical Intersections 11 (Ed. H. R. Jacobus, A. K, de Hemmer Gudme & P. Guillaume). Gorgias Press, Piscataway, N.J., 169-181 Peter and Simon in the Acts of Peter: A Supernatural Fight between Magic and Miracles   Introduction Including magic and the supernatural seems an almost sure way of writing a blockbuster – the best examples include the Harry Potter and Twilight series. Yet the second century text Acts of Peter remains almost unknown and as far from a blockbuster as possible – even though it treats the reader to a furious and fantastic supernatural combat between the champions of God and Satan – a campaign of battles that would baffle most ...