This book is an important, though slightly dated, contribution to understanding the OT in its ancient Near Eastern context. It is also quite useful for addressing a range of attacks on the integrity of the OT. Prof. Kitchen was for many years an Egyptologist in the...
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Biblical Theology, Poverty, and Social Justice: Part 6
Summarizing the Old Testament Material Fundamental Questions To this point in our social justice series we've tracked through the OT vocabulary for poverty and the poor. We supplemented the study of the vocabulary to include an article by J. Levenson about Israel's...
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 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...
Pre-Scientific Worldview “Problem” and Inerrancy
Taking off on Chet's lengthy response to my "Definitions of Inerrancy" post: The first thing I'd like to pursue is Chet's criticism of the word "affirm" -- I also think it's a weasel-word. You quote 1 Cor. 11:14, which says, "Does not nature itself teach you that if a...
A 30-Point Overview of the Divine Council Worldview by Ronn Johnson
One of the challenges of introducing people to the Divine Council worldview is that the subject can sound stranger than it actually is. For modern readers, talk of gods, sons of God, heavenly councils, cosmic geography, spiritual powers, sacred space, and the...
Review of Important New Scholarly Book on Matthew
The most recent issue of Themelios, the academic journal of the Gospel Coalition, contains a review of Matthew's Theological Grammar: The Father and the Son. This is an important work that argues that "προσκυνέω [proskuneō] in Matthew means worship and its use...
Mike at Grace Church Bellingham: Thinking Like an Israelite Week 3: OT Sacrifices
Here are the slides for tonight's session. This one will be livestreamed from the Grace Church Bellingham Facebook page, not my Facebook page. Wk3-Sacrificial System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMN5HeEHIT4
New Motion Graphic Video: Gods of the Bible, Part 2
Thanks to Shaun for producing this second installment: Part 1 can be viewed here:
New Motion Graphic Video: The Gods of the Bible, Part 1
Thanks again to Shaun for creating this video. Part 2 is soon to follow.
New Logos Mobile Education Course by Dr. Mike Heiser
Late last year I filmed two short mini-courses for my employer, Logos Bible Software (Faithlife Corp). The first one just went on pre-pub. It's called Problems in Bible Interpretation: Difficult Passages, vol. 1. The passages covered can be found at the link. If you...
Naked Bible 55: Dr. Ronn Johnson
Interview with Dr. Ronn Johnson In this episode Mike chats with his friend and co-conspirator in divine council research, Dr. Ronn Johnson. Ronn and Mike met as undergraduates in Bible college in the early 1980s. Ronn has a PhD in Bible Exposition (Old and New...
Egyptology Journals and Books Available Online
The list located here was compiled for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF), so this isn't the library from Wackytown. A lot of good stuff here for anyone interested in ancient Egypt.
What is Exegesis Anyway?
Words like "exegesis" and "exegetical" are thrown around by biblical scholars all the time. Those not in the guild or who haven't taken courses in biblical languages or hermeneutics might wonder what the terminology means. If that's you, I recommend reading this post...