Melchizedek in Hebrews 7 189 one usually refers to as the LXX (2). Secondly, the congregation he was addressing consisted of Christians who according to Heb 6,1 had already received a basic teaching about Christ (6,1 to;n th'" ajrch'" tou' Cristou' lovgon). The author’s intention was not to lay the foundation (qemelion) anew (3). v The author strongly urges the recipients to seek “perfection” (teleioth"). “By this time”, the author says in Heb 5,12, the recipients v ought to be teachers — which however they are not. He holds against them that they still need milk, not solid food. This, however, means that they are still unskilled (a[peiro") and infants (nhvpio", v. 13). In opposition to this, he continues, “solid food [hJ sterea; trofhv] is for the mature [tevleio"]” (v. 14). In the context of Hebrews, what the author refers to as “solid food” for the mature is the Christology particularly characteristic of Hebrews — the view that Jesus is a priest in heaven. 1. The Sacerdotal Christology Characteristic in Hebrews The Christology evident in Hebrews is made up of at least two pillars(4). The first one is broadly attested in the rest of the NT literature as well, namely the idea that Jesus is God’s son. The second pillar, however, is the view that Jesus is a high priest who once for all sacrificed himself (Heb 9,26) and who “always lives to make intercession” (Heb 7,25). The latter, sacerdotal Christology, is characteristic of Hebrews. In the entire NT, the idea that Jesus continues to pray for those who believe in him — and does so after his resurrection and ascension to heaven — is found only a handful of places (5). In Rom 8,34, Paul explicitly connects Christ’s heavenly intercession with a Christological interpretation of Ps 110,1: “… It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us”. In other words, Paul assumes that Yahweh in the first oracle of Psalm 110 is addressing Jesus. The words “Sit at my right hand …” (Ps (2) E.g., using LXX Ps 109,4 and paraphrasing LXX Gen 5,22 in Heb 11,5. (3) Neither with respect to the necessity of “repentance from dead works and faith toward God”, baptism, the resurrection of the dead, nor eternal judgment. (4) See e.g., L. GOPPELT, Theologie des Neuen Testaments (UTB 850; Göttingen 1976) 580. — Here, I will briefly also point to the fact that Hebrews considers Jesus as Christ. Moreover, Jesus is spoken to as God (cf. Heb 1,8). (5) D.M. HAY, Glory at the Right Hand. Psalm 110 in Early Christianity (SBLMS 18; Nashville, TN 1973) 130-134.