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Masoretes

Jewish scribes from 600 - 1000 A.D. who standardize the Hebrew text. They added vowels and other markings.

Mechanical Dictation

process used to describe the creation of the biblical text in which the writer served only as a stenographer, much like a typewriter. See Translation

Melchizedek

King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God who blessed Abram Genesis 14:17-24). In the New Testament Melchizedek is use as a type of Christ.
See Hebrews 7 where Melchizedek's priesthood is compared and contnrasted to Aaron and the levetical priesthood. Characterized as having no record of father or mother, birth or death and like Christ remains a priest forever. Some have said that this was a theophany of Christ.

Mesopotamia

means "between the rivers", identifying the fertile soils between the Tigris and Euphrates which sustained the advanced civilization of the Sumerians and later became the power base of the Babylonians. [DSM-OT, 04]

Messiah

See Anointed, Christ, Transliteration

Miracle

Can be a supernatural act

Related to timing of natural occurring events

Bottom line is the God was at work. Some have attempted to explain at natural phenomena and other have attempted to remove any natural phenomomen and narrowly define a miracle as an event that "breaks" natural laws.

Misha Stele

See Moabite Stone

Moabite Stone

a stele containing an inscription which parallels 2 Kings 3. See Misha Stele

Monothestic

Belief in one God. Opposed to polytheism or pantheism
Christians typlically are monthestic. For most christian groups Father, Son, Holy Spirit = One God.
Strongly Monothestic: describes groups which do not accept Son and/or Holy Spirit, only God. Example: Judism, Islam
See monotheism, pantheism, polytheism, Trinity

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