The episode of Noah’s drunkenness in Genesis 9 has long befuddled interpreters. One of Noah’s sons, Ham, commits some heinous crime against his father. Oddly, though, Ham is not the one cursed by his father. Instead, Ham’s son Canaan bears the wrath of Noah. This...
Genesis
Paul’s Use of Genesis 15:5 in Romans 4:18 in Light of Early Jewish Deification Traditions: Part 2: Early Jewish Qualitative Interpretation of Genesis 15:5 and Related Texts
This is Part 2 of a series of guest pots by David Burnett. Part 1 is located here. - MSH PART 2 – Early Jewish Qualitative Interpretation of Genesis 15:5 and Related Texts Philo of Alexandria and the Saying “So Shall Your Seed Be” In commenting on Genesis 15:5 in Who...
Reversing Hermon: “A Fantastic Follow-Up to Unseen Realm”
That's the opinion of early reviewers. Reversing Hermon isn't my planned sequel to The Unseen Realm, but it does continue the conversation. I'll take it! Hope you'll read it!
Videos from Missouri Conference Uploaded to Naked Bible YouTube Channel
The videos from the conference of last October are now finished and uploaded. Thanks go to Shaun for making these possible, and to Will for recording the event! Among the topics are videos on how Zeitgeist gets it wrong and the unfortunate story of how flawed Bible...
The Ancient Near Eastern Context for Genesis 6:1-4
Hat tip to Terry the Censor for finding the Amar Annus article to which I alluded on the Conspirinormal podcast: Amar Annus, “On the Origin of Watchers: A Comparative Study of the Antediluvian Wisdom in Mesopotamian and Jewish Traditions,” Journal for the Study of the...
Impressions on the Noah Movie
I went to see Noah last evening. I had briefly blogged about it earlier to draw readers' attention to Brian Mattson's review, which I highly recommend. I'm not going to recycle his observations. I just wanted to share some impressions. This is s a weird movie. Not in...
Brief Nephilim Note
I've added an archive page devoted to the nephilim discussion to try and arrange those items. It includes comment material. Editor's note: content copied here for ease of access. In March 2013 I posted a response to some criticisms of my understanding of the word...
My Thoughts on Nephilim: Answering a Criticism
Some readers have drawn my attention to this recent criticism of my understanding of the morphology of the word nephilim. I left some comments on that blog site, but thought it would be worth a post here. I'll try to be brief (stop laughing). First, it is true that...
Ancient Aliens Debunked: 3-Hour Documentary Now Online for Free
Readers may recall a few months ago when I announced I'd be interviewed for this documentary. That happened in August. Well, I'm happy to announce that the documentary is finished and online. It's just over three hours, and free to the public. I haven't had time to...
Baptism as Spiritual Warfare
Over the weekend I had occasion to send a friend some pages from my Myth That is True first draft that pertained to a difficult passage, 1 Peter 3:14-22. I could hardly believe I had not posted on it before (searched for it and came up empty). So, I’ve decided to...
Christian Fundamentalism, Aliens, UFOs: What About Matthew 24:37-38 and Daniel 2:43?
As promised, in this post I'll be wrapping up my "Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of Aliens and UFOs" by addressing Matthew 24:37-38 and Daniel 2:43. My last few posts on that thread have directed readers to my Naked Bible series on why an obsession...
Understanding the Christian Fundamentalist View of UFOs and Aliens, Part 3
To review (again) the purpose of this thread, I suggested at the outset that there were four aspects to the Christian fundamentalist view of UFOs and aliens (i.e., that UFOs that are not man-made or other natural phenomena are demonic and alleged alien life forms are...
Blogging with Dr. Barry, Part 3
Same procedure as the previous two posts. My response is blocked and marked by "MSH". -------------- You do not become a hermeneutical rapist overnight. I didn't just wake up one day and decide to write The Bible and Flying Saucers . Two important elements in my early...
Exposing the Work of Zecharia Sitchin, Part 2: Does the Bible Have the Gods Creating Humankind?
This is a Sitchin signature teaching. In an effort to marry his notion that the Anunnaki (a group of gods in the Sumero-Mesopotamian pantheon) created humankind to the biblical story, Sitchin teaches that the Bible itself has plural gods creating humankind in Genesis....
Was Cain Fathered by the Devil? No, Wait — Extraterrestrials
I've gotten more emails on this topic than I can shake a stick at, so I've decided to blog it and then just direct people to this post in the future. I don't know who started this on the internet-probably one of those "I found secret knowledge about the Bible" people...