In the last podcast, I recommended the best books and reference sources for understanding the religion and culture of the ANE for OT study. This episode wraps up my overview of taking the Bible's own context seriously by immersing oneself into the intellectual...
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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 20
I've talked in previous episodes about how the best way to understood the original context of the biblical writers is to immerse yourself in the worldview of the civilizations with which the biblical writers had regular contact. Weve already spent several episodes...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 019: Second Temple Texts in Translation
The series on Bible study continues with the emphasis on interpreting the Bible in its own context. The context we're discussing is the world of the ancient Near East (with respect to the OT) and the Second Temple period with respect to the NT. Interpreting the Bible...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 018: Ancient Near Eastern Texts in Translation
The last episode of the podcast dealt with the need to tap into the intellectual output of the ancient Mediterranean world -- the Bible's own context -- in order to start thinking the thoughts of the biblical writers. This episode takes this recommendation further by...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 017: Taking the Bible’s Own Context Seriously
In this second episode of the series on Bible study, I discuss what interpreting the Bible "in context" really means -- taking the Bible's own primitive context seriously. Rather than filter the Bible through creeds dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, or even the...
Naked Bible Podcast: New Series on Bible Study Begins
I just uploaded the latest episode of the podcast . Wasn't sure I'd get to it this weekend with all the "last minute" MEMRA stuff, but I did. I expanded my "Heiser's Laws for Bible Study" essay into an introduction for a series on learning how to move beyond merely...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 015: The Lord’s Supper in 1 Cor 11
The episode page is located here , or you can listen via iTunes or the archive. Episode 15 of the Naked Bible Podcast continues Dr. Michael Heiser’s focused exploration of the Lord’s Supper by examining 1 Corinthians 11 in light of the preceding chapters (1...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 014: Lord’s Supper and 1 Corinthians 8-10, Pt.1
This episode transitions the discussion of a biblical theology of the Lord's Supper to the primary passage in the New Testament on the topic: 1 Corinthians 11. The episode focuses on the context of 1 Corinthians 8-10 for informing what Paul says about the Lord's...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 012: The Lord’s Supper and the Gospels, Part 1
Here is the link (or go to the archive here on the blog). Here is the description: When I introduced this topic and series, I said that I'm convinced that this doctrine is one of the least critically examined of all biblical doctrines. This episode gets us into some...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 011: Introducing the Series on the Lord’s Supper
I know this topic feels familiar -- one of those, "What can you say about that?" topics. However, this one is in my Top Ten list of least-examined doctrines. This brief introductory episode will give you a little feel for why. Dr. Michael Heiser begins a new teaching...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 10 Uploaded
The series on baptism continues with another discussion of a problem passage , Acts 2:38. In this episode, Dr. Michael Heiser explores the meaning of Acts 2:38, often misunderstood as teaching that baptism causes the forgiveness of sins. He focuses on the Greek word...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 009 Uploaded
This episode discusses another problem passage related to baptism: Acts 22:16. In this episode, Dr. Michael Heiser analyzes Acts 22:16, where Paul recounts his conversion and is told by Ananias to “get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 008: Problem Passages and Baptism: 1 Peter 3:14-22
The latest episode is now uploaded. It's a podcast version of my recent post on 1 Peter 3:14-22. Dr. Michael Heiser unpacks one of the most theologically complex passages in the New Testament: 1 Peter 3:14–22, which blends themes of baptism, salvation, the flood, and...
Naked Bible Podcast 007 Uploaded
No, it's not about James Bond. Click through to find out! In this episode, Dr. Michael Heiser explores the question of how baptism should be performed, analyzing whether Scripture definitively supports immersion, sprinkling, or pouring. He examines the Greek verb...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 006 Uploaded
The series on baptism continues. In this episode, I apply my take on getting the circumcision-baptism relationship right to adult and/or believer's baptism. In this follow-up to Episode 5, Dr. Michael Heiser extends his theological argument about baptism and...