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You mean "conventional Jewish fables" written within the past 2,000 years about events that happened in the deepest antiquity, and which imagine silly fables like the one mentioned in your article: "The ancient Targumim (Aramaic interpretive translations) identify Melchizedek as Shem—son of Noah. Shem was one of the links in the chain who transmitted the G‑dly traditions that originated with Adam. These traditions were carefully handed down from generation to generation, and Shem—who headed an academy—was a key conductor of these teachings. The Midrash tells us that he was so perfect and so spiritually advanced that he was born circumcised.2" --------------------------------------------------------------- I do enjoy reading the Targum though with Jonathon Ben Uzziel, written some 30 years before the birth of Christ, since he supports the Christian reading of important Messianic prophecies in Isaiah, such as Isaiah 53: "Behold my servant the MESSIAH" in his paraphrase. Your article also misapplies Psalm 110 to Abraham and his seed, when the topic is clearly that of the Messiah: Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Unless the Jewish people is the 'lord" of David.

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You mean “conventional Jewish fables” written within the past 2,000 years about events that happened in the deepest antiquity, and which imagine silly fables like the one mentioned in your article:

“The Midrash tells us that he was so perfect and so spiritually advanced that he was born circumcised.2”

I do enjoy reading the Targum though with Jonathon Ben Uzziel, written some 30 years before the birth of Christ, since he supports the Christian reading of important Messianic prophecies in Isaiah, such as Isaiah 53: “Behold my servant the MESSIAH” in his paraphrase.

Your article also misapplies Psalm 110 to Abraham and his seed, when the topic is clearly that of the Messiah: Psa 110:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Unless the Jewish people is the ‘lord” of David.