My bestselling book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible , was recently reviewed in two places online. The book has been positively reviewed in academic outlets, evangelical or otherwise, since its debut in 2015 (JETS, Themelios, RBL)....
elohim
Response to Dr. Thomas Howe’s Thoughts on The Unseen Realm
I’ve been asked by a couple of people to respond to Thomas Howe’s thoughts on The Unseen Realm. For those unfamiliar with Dr. Howe, he teaches apologetics at Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, a school deservedly well known for important work in that field....
Bible Project Video on “Elohim”
Here’s the second installment of the Bible Project’s video series tracking on content items in my book, The Unseen Realm. Another job well done. Check it out!
Elohim, Divine Council, Psalm 82, OT Monotheism Archive
I get a lot of email about my views on Yahweh and divine plurality. You’d think people would find my material via Google or my divine council website, but I guess not. I’m making this page for you all, of course, but also to provide myself a convenient one-stop link...
Five Differences Between Qur’anic (Sharia) Law and Old Testament Law
I’d recommend this interesting essay to readers. It was published by the Christian Research Institute. The essay has some deficiencies, in that there are other important differences (and nuances within the differences noted). For example, the OT law was also...
Some Book Reviews of Note for Biblical Studies
The online Journal of Hebrew Scriptures announced a few new book reviews today. Some are noteworthy for material covered on this blog: Michael Hundley, Keeping Heaven on Earth: Safeguarding the Divine Presence in the Priestly Tabernacle (FAT II, 50; Tübingen: Mohr...
Introduction to the Divine Council
Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch: Changes in Law in Deuteronomy
In my previous post on JEDP I said this post would be my last on that topic. In the intervening days I told someone in the comments page that I would add a post to the topic – the best example I can think of for changes made in OT law between Exodus and Deuteronomy....
All Commentaries are Not Created Equal, Part 2
To continue with what separates a good commentary from a lame one (with respect to engaging the original text), we’ll look at a New Testament example this time. For newcomers, please see my first example , as well as the post that started this trajectory about...
Divine Plurality in the Dead Sea Scrolls
UPDATE: I have revised this paper and it has been published in the scholarly journal, Tyndale Bulletin.] [Note: For other posts on Mike’s work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] I’m currently at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA for the...
Dan McClellen's Response to Yours Truly, and My Rejoinder Points
Hope you all aren’t getting bored with this. For those interested, Dan McClellan has posted a response on his blog to my thoughts on his SBL paper of last year. You can all go read it in full. I’m taking a few moments here to add “rejoinder...
Dan McClellan on “What is Deity in Septuagint Deuteronomy?”
Well, finally got around to re-reading Dan’s paper from SBL of last year. I had attended the paper and taken notes, but I wanted to run through the paper once again. My thanks to Dan for sending me a copy (and for the heads up from Matt – and congrats to...
The Plural Elohim of Psalm 82: Gods or Men?
[Note: For other posts on Mike’s work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] At last week’s annual ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) meeting I read two papers. The first was entitled. “ What Is / Are (an) Elohim? ” It dealt...
Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 1
We now come to one of the primary points of application for the data of biblical anthropology, the mind-body problem. Before sketching the various views for you, let’s review the salient data from the biblical text. Review 1. That terms like ruach, nephesh,...
A Brief History of the Raelian Movement and Its Beliefs
I’ve had some recent email about the Raelians, so I thought this link might help any readers who haven’t read about their UFO religion.