Our third Question and Answer episode! Here are the papers referenced in the show:REMNANT-DOTPROPHRESTORATION OF ISRAEL, Remnant-DPL Transcript 53 Q&A 3 Timestamps & Questions — Naked Bible Podcast Episode 53: Q&A 3 Timestamp Question 00:00–01:40 Intro...
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Unfiltered Fridays Post: Sincerity and the Supernatural
The second installment of my Friday series on the Logos Academic blog was posted today under the title, "Sincerity and the Supernatural." Have a look> Note that I won't keep posting these here. I may do one more. If you want to follow my weekly posts ("Unfiltered...
Abba Doesn’t Mean ‘Daddy’
Earlier today I saw something come up in my Twitter account that I appreciated. It was a tweet from New Testament professor Will Varner. The link Will provided led me to this online post at the Gospel Coalition site: "Does Abba Mean 'Daddy'?" The brief post outlines...
The Two Powers in Heaven
Did the Religion of the Biblical Writers Evolve from Polytheism to Monotheism? A Paper and Response to Thom Stark
[Note: For other posts on Mike's work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] Here is my second ETS paper, entitled, "Does Divine Plurality in the Hebrew Bible Demonstrate an Evolution from Polytheism to Monotheism?" My answer is "no, and the question is...
Heiser, Mormonism, and the Divine Council of Psalm 82
I just got an email from someone who asked very sincerely if Mormons are using my divine council material responsibly. Apparently the answer is (predominantly) "no" so I thought I'd post on this. Many of you are aware that my academic specialty is the divine council...
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...
New MIQLAT Mission Video
I've made a new introductory video to explain the mission of my non-profit, MIQLAT. It runs just under 7 minutes. It has more detail than the old one and lays out our mission strategy. The video lives on the MIQLAT website here (please share), but I've embedded the...
Parts 2 through 9 of Ben Witherington’s Review of The Unseen Realm
Yes, you read that correctly - 9 parts. I've been out of commission for about a week with grading, travel time, and now in an intensive teaching week with "Fern and Audrey" and a dozen other folks. So ... I fell behind keeping track of these. But here they are: Review...
Ben Witherington Review of The Unseen Realm, Part 1
I'm grateful that Dr. Ben Witherington has taken the time to not only read my book, The Unseen Realm, but also to blog about it. Here is the first installment of his review, which took the form of an interview/exchange with me. Ben is a well-known New Testament...
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.
Mike Discusses Unseen Realm on The Fourth Watch Radio Show
I did this interview before leaving for FL. The host, Justen Faull, just sent me the links. This was a good interview; I hope you'll give it a listen. The Podcast Version is located here. Justen says this is the easy one for streaming for most listeners, but the...
New Dissertation on the Worship of Idols and Gods in the OT
Hat tip to Lindsay Kennedy of My Digital Seminary for this link: The Relationship Between the Worship of Other Gods and the Worship of Idols within the Old Testament I obviously haven't read it yet, but it looks worthwhile. I searched for Benjamin Sommer's name in it...
Important Divine Council Article
I thought I'd share an article that I consider one of the best I've ever read for understanding the divine council in biblical theology. It's a book chapter. I've converted it to PDF from my digital edition of book (there's no copyright prohibition that I can see in...