Here are the slides for this second talk. I will post a link to the livestream / video once we have that. Wk2-Sacred Space and Sacrifice-Heiser-GCB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Vfhyu2kCE
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Mike at Grace Church Bellingham: Thinking Like an Israelite: Week 1: Impurity and Sin
In the event that our livestream works for tonight's talk, I thought I'd post my slides as a PDF file for any who want to watch the stream. Even if the stream doesn't work, you still have the slides: Wk1-Impurity and Sin-2 Here is the video for Week 1:
Gods of the Biblical World
This looks like a useful online resource. Here is the explanation on the site landing page: Welcome! This website was constructed to supply resources for an undergraduate class at Wofford College, called “Gods of the Biblical World: Polytheism, Magic, and Israelite...
Book on Artistic Depiction of Mesopotamian Deities Available Online in PDF
Tallay Ornan's important book, The triumph of the symbol: Pictorial representation of deities in Mesopotamia and the biblical image ban, is now available as a PDF for free download. Here's the abstract: This book analyzes the history of Mesopotamian imagery from the...
New Cherubim and Seraphim Video
Here's the latest video (thanks to Shaun's work!). It does a good job summarizing how to parse the cherubim and seraphim (and how not to over-read that material).
The Cosmic Mountain and Trees In Old Testament Theology
In a couple of weeks I'll be filming three courses for Faithlife (my employer; aka Logos Bible Software) that revolve around content threads in my book The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. The idea is not to go through the book...
Kenneth Kitchen’s Ancient Orient and Old Testament Available as Free PDF
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...
Two New Kindle Books — Notes on Leviticus and Acts from the Naked Bible Podcast
I'm happy to announce that there are two new Kindle books available: Notes on Leviticus from the Naked Bible Podcast ($0.99) Notes on the Book of Acts from the Naked Bible Podcast ($0.99) As you might guess from the titles, these are edited version of the transcripts...
Short Introduction to the Apostles’ Creed
Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast will recall that I had Rick Brannan on as a guest. Rick has produced a short (82 pp), 12-week introduction to the Apostles' Creed that is available on Amazon and Kindle. While I'm not a fan of creeds, the Apostles' Creed is so...
Important New Article on the Septuagint
I'm happy to announce and recommend this article by Ed Glenny: “The Septuagint and Biblical Theology." I'm even happier that it's freely accessible to all of you. Ed was my first Bible teacher way back in the day at Bible college. Listeners to the Naked Bible Podcast...
PEERANORMAL Episode 3: EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena
The episode is now live. It's an important discussion of not only the topic, but spiritual / theological implications.
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.
Bible Misconceptions Parts 1 and 2: Truth Sentinel Interview with Mike Heiser
Here's part 1 - the interview ranged far and wide as I recall. Here's Part 2 (added April 27, 2016):
Recent Dissertation on Satan Available Online
Derek Brown (a friend who works at Faithlife/Logos with me) recently had his dissertation published through Mohr-Siebeck. The dissertation itself (done at Edinburgh) is available for free online. It's entitled: "God of this age: Satan in the churches and Letters of...