The focus in this episode is Ezek 28:1-19. As readers of my book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible know, this is a controversial passage. All scholars agree that this is an oracle and lament against a human prince of Tyre. The...
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Naked Bible Podcast Episode 133: ETS-SBL – Live Q & A in San Antonio
This was our first live episode. Trey, myself and David Burnett got together with podcast listeners and a live Q & A broke out! Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in San Antonio! Ep. 133 drops the studio for a packed room at Rosella’s Coffee in San...
Naked Bible 46: Q&A 2
Our second Question and Answer episode! Here are the papers referenced in the show:Why use the Septuagint?ANE Pagan Divination PracticesBelial-Mastema-Satan-Devil-DNTBLordsDayDLNT Transcript 46 Q&A2 Q&A Summary and Timestamps Here are the main listener...
Thoughts on ETS / SBL / AAR 2014
Well, I'm finally home from San Diego. Lots I could talk about. This year's meeting was as hectic as always (pretty much 9-9 every day), but was one of the better ones for me in recent memory. First there was the hotel -- not the one for ETS (for those traveling to...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 163: Other Gods and Other Religions with Gerald McDermott
Gerald R. McDermott (PhD, University of Iowa) is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining Beeson, he was the Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion at Roanoke College. He is also associate pastor at Christ the King...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 97 – Q & A Number 12
The episode is now live. This brisk Q&A tackles a stack of listener questions across Heiser’s core themes. He begins with the perennial “Is there sex in heaven?”—distinguishing earthly procreative embodiment from glorified life and noting that Genesis 6 (Watcher...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 174: Live from Lubbock, TX
Dr. Heiser answers questions from a live audience. Thank you to Wayland Baptist University for hosting and Nathan for organizing the event. Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in Lubbock, Texas. In this special live-recorded episode of the Naked Bible...
Naked Bible 92: Stones of Fire
Ezekiel 28:14, 16 describe an “anointed cherub” who walked in the midst of “the stones of fire” and was removed from among “the stones of fire.” What are the stones of fire? What do these verses describe? How do the phrases relate to what’s going on in Ezekiel 28 and...
Naked Bible 85: Q&A 9
Our 9th Question and Answer episode! Also find out what topics are next for the podcast. Harvey book on the term Jew: Graham Harvey, The True Israel: Uses of the Names Jew, Hebrew, and Israel in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature (Brill, 2001) Transcript 85...
Nephilim Question from Doctoral Colloquium
I recently participated in a doctoral colloquium where students were required to read my book The Unseen Realm. It was fun, and I'm grateful to all who took part and considered the book stimulating reading for the colloquium. One of the questions focused on an excerpt...
Naked Bible 91: Q&A 10
Our 10th Question and Answer episode! Episode 91 – Q&A 10 features Dr. Michael Heiser responding to a wide range of listener-submitted questions on biblical and theological topics. He addresses the meaning behind Jesus’ rebuke of Peter in Mark 8:33, explores the...
The Big Story of the Bible, Part 10
What follows is part 10 in a series by Dr. Ronn Johnson. - MSH I have been away from this blog for some time, though it has been constantly on my mind. Since my last post, I have written and presented a course at our church on the big story of the Bible. It was...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 152: Ezekiel 38-39, Part 1: Who or What is Gog?
As was the case with Ezekiel 37, these chapters are among the most familiar in the entire book of Ezekiel. This first of two episodes on these chapters focuses on the terminology: Gog, Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Togarmah. It also addresses the fallacies of translating...
Naked Bible Episode 105 – Q & A # 13
The episode is now live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 105 features another round of listener-submitted questions, covering a wide range of biblical and theological topics that reflect Dr. Michael Heiser’s deep knowledge and consistent focus on context and original...
The Origin of Sin in Irenaeus and Jewish Pseudepigrapha (Enoch, Jubilees, Etc.)
Readers of this blog know that several people who've commented in the past about my views on Romans 5:12 have thought that plain reading of the text out of step with traditional Christianity. Below is an article (not publicly accessible) that shows that Irenaeus wrote...