I came across this article tonight -- it's accessible online: D. M. Mulhern, "A Probable Case of Gigantism in a Fifth Dynasty Skeleton from the Western Cemetery at Giza,Egypt," International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 15 (2005): 261–275. In contrast to the wild,...
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The (Pseudo) “Doctrine” of Fallen Angel Salvation: Research Sources
Just a brief follow-up on the subject of whether fallen angels can be redeemed. One of the curious points to me in this matter has been how some refer to the idea of angelic salvation as a "doctrine." That word conveys the impression (intentionally, I presume) that...
Kenneth Kitchen’s Ancient Orient and Old Testament Available as Free PDF
This book is an important, though slightly dated, contribution to understanding the OT in its ancient Near Eastern context. It is also quite useful for addressing a range of attacks on the integrity of the OT. Prof. Kitchen was for many years an Egyptologist in the...
What is the Meaning of BAPTIZEIN?
Follow the link below to what, in my experience, is the most lengthy scholarly treatment of the relevant primary sources for the meaning of baptizein ("baptize") available. The article just appeared online for free, though it was published in 2011: Eckhard Schnabel,...
Mike’s ETS Paper Now on Kindle
I posted my ETS paper ("The Divine Council in the Pentateuch") in PDF form a few days ago. It's now available in Kindle format.
Mike Heiser’s ETS Paper: The Divine Council in the Pentateuch
A week ago I presented this invited paper in the ETS Pentateuch section: ets-2016-divine-council-in-the-pentateuch The paper isn't an academic work per se. It's more conversational. I took that route because of the time limitation. However, it does have some different...
Recordings of ETS Papers from 2016 Conference
In past years, those who follow the Naked Bible blog have asked about obtaining recordings of ETS sessions. Here is the link to the few hundred papers given at ETS that are now available at WordMP3.com. MP3s can be purchased individually or as a package.
More Kindle Academic Papers from Mike Available
A couple of weeks ago I posted three of my conference papers that have been converted to Kindle format. Here are four additional papers for Kindle: Michael S. Heiser, "Thinking Clearly about the Jesus Family Tomb: A Conference Paper" Michael S. Heiser,...
Three New Items by Mike for Amazon Kindle
I've begun to move some of my academic papers to Kindle format. To this point, I've been selling them as PDF files. I'm going to phase those out and move what I can (by publishing permission) to Kindle. If you go to this link on the Kindle store, you'll see the three...
Elongated Skulls and Christian Ethics
Those of you with an interest in the elongated skull paleobabble (that they have something to do with aliens or nephilim) will find this short essay of interest. It's from the Hot Cup of Joe blog. It's basically an overview of the methodological problems of the...
List of Open Access (Mostly Free) Journals in Ancient Studies
The listing located here includes over 1,600 open access scholarly journals in all areas of ancient studies. The listed was created by Charles Jones of the Ancient World Online (AWOL) blog. I'm quite sure there's something in there to help combat paleobabble.
PEERANORMAL Episode #2: Psychic Animals?
The episode is now live. Pet-owners often observe behavior that makes them wonder if their pet has a psychic connection to them. One example is the perception that a dog or cat “knows” when its owner is on the way home. This episode of Peeranormal discusses some...
Elongated Skulls (aka, Artificial Cranial Modification): It Has Nothing to do with Nephilim
I've blogged about this before, asking questions like "show me the Bible verse that associates elongated skulls with the nephilim," and pointing out that the phenomena is well-known in the medical and anthropological fields. (I even posted pictures of models of...
Naked Bible 93: The Book of Enoch in the Early Church
The book we know as 1 Enoch was well known to early Christians. Its importance produced an understandable question among some influential early Christian writers and, one may presume, Christians in general: Should 1 Enoch be considered inspired and thus “Scripture” in...
Recent Dissertation on Satan Available Online
Derek Brown (a friend who works at Faithlife/Logos with me) recently had his dissertation published through Mohr-Siebeck. The dissertation itself (done at Edinburgh) is available for free online. It's entitled: "God of this age: Satan in the churches and Letters of...