I just saw that my old published journal article on this subject is no longer accessible online (it appeared in a peer-reviewed e-journal back in the day). Here is the citation, along with the PDF. Heiser, Michael. "Did Jesus Allow for Reincarnation? Assessing the...
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Jesus and Psalm 82
Jesus and Psalm 82
Dr. Johnson Responds to Questions on His Atonement Discussion
A little while ago I posted some passages for Dr. Johnson's take that (obviously) were relevant to his discussion about atonement / substitution language. Turns out he had been discussing those with some of you. What follows are his answers, as well as email questions...
Some Focus Passages for a Discussion of Atonement and Substitution
I presume most of you have kept up with Dr. Johnson's "thinking out loud" series on how we talk / should talk / might talk about the work of the cross as it relates (or not) to wrath and substitution. I have sent him a short list of verses for comment -- wanting his...
Of Yehovah and Jehovah’s Witnesses
A week or so ago I saw something on Twitter that made me shake my head. An apparently well meaning Hebrew enthusiast gleefully reported that, after searching through hundreds of manuscripts, he'd found thousands of places where the divine name (YHWH) was vocalized by...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 103 – Moses and the Bronze Serpent
The episode is now live. Naked Bible Podcast Episode 103 explores the often-misunderstood passage in Numbers 21:4–9, where Moses is instructed to make a bronze serpent and lift it up for Israel’s healing after yet another episode of rebellion in the wilderness. Dr....
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 98: Conversation about Alternatives to Modern Church (“House Churches”)
In this episode Mike and Trey talk with Tim Andrews and Rich Baker about alternative ways to think about church – specifically, if church wasn’t a time or a place, what would that be like? Tim Andrews currently lives in Atlanta, GA, and has been in leadership in...
New Book on the Text-Critical Authenticity (or Not) of the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11)
The Evangelical Textual Criticism blog just posted news of a new book on this well-known and textually controversial passage (the woman taken in adultery): David Alan Black and Jacob Cerone (eds.), The Pericope of the Adulteress in Contemporary Research. The...
The “I AM” Statements of Jesus – a Slightly Different Approach
You hear a lot about the "I AM" statements of Jesus, particularly in John. Honestly, though, I don't think the phenomenon is taught clearly and therefore loses it's impact. Or maybe I look at it a little bit differently. (Surprise!) What follows is something I fiddled...
Thoughts on Some New Testament Salvation Language
I recently received a question from a reader asking me to comment about the NT phrase "born again" with respect to its relationship to "saved" language in the NT. What follows are a few thoughts. Here was the question: "My question, that I hoped you would get to in...
How Human Was Jesus?
A trick question? Depends on how much theological and logical clarity your thoughts about the question are. I was reminded of this issue (which, I'll admit, is one of my pet issues) last week as I had the honor of hosting Doug Bookman at Logos. Doug was one of my...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 012: The Lord’s Supper and the Gospels, Part 1
Here is the link (or go to the archive here on the blog). Here is the description: When I introduced this topic and series, I said that I'm convinced that this doctrine is one of the least critically examined of all biblical doctrines. This episode gets us into some...
What To Me And To You?
While doing some reverse interlinear work a few days ago, I came across Josh 15:18. The verse concerns Caleb's newly-won bride: 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, What do you want?...
New Testament (Real) Numerology
I love stuff like this journal article by Mikeal Parsons: "Exegesis 'By the Numbers': Numerology and the New Testament." I have an interest in this kind of thing (no surprise to those of you who know me - "if it's weird, it's important"). In the OT it makes things...
Regional SBL Papers
[Note: For other posts on Mike's work on the divine council, click here for the archive.] [Note to those who left comments on this post: I have fixed the bad link in the earlier post.] Here are my two regional SBL papers (keep in mind that in both I spent part of my...