Those of you who have read my books (especially, The Unseen Realm) or heard me on interviews will enjoy this -- it's about what happens when people who don't read my books talk about what I believe. I usually don't respond to this sort of nonsense, because the people...
Psalm 82
A Tale of Two Unseen Realm Reviews
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)....
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....
New Bible Project Video on the Divine Council
Hat's off to all the folks working hard at the Bible Project! I appreciate the Bible Project's attention to the content of my books, The Unseen Realm and it's "lite" (no footnotes!) version, Supernatural. Nice to see biblical theology viewed through the...
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...
Paul’s Use of Genesis 15:5 in Romans 4:18 in Light of Early Jewish Deification Traditions: Part 5: Resurrection and Astral Immortality in Early Judaism and Paul
This is Part 5 of David Burnett's guest series. In early Judaism it was widely accepted that in the resurrection or afterlife, the righteous were to in some sense become as the stars or angels.[1. See above conversation on 2 Baruch 51. For further treatment of...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 143: Ezekiel 28
The focus in this episode is Ezek 28:1-19. As readers of my book, The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible know, this is a controversial passage. All scholars agree that this is an oracle and lament against a human prince of Tyre. The...
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 something...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 133: ETS-SBL – Live Q & A in San Antonio
This was our first live episode. Trey, myself and David Burnett got together with podcast listeners and a live Q & A broke out! Thank you to everyone who came and joined us in San Antonio! Ep. 133 drops the studio for a packed room at Rosella’s Coffee in San...
Does Believing in Plural Deities Make Any Difference?
This is the first post on Naked Bible by my friend Dr. Ronn Johnson. Ronn has extensive teaching experience in biblical studies (PhD, Dallas Seminary) and many years of pastoral experience. To get acquainted with him, listen to this episode of the Naked Bible Podcast....
John Piper Blogs on Psalm 82 — and Doesn’t Fudge the Text
I just wanted to extend a thanks to John Piper for his recent essay on his Desiring God blog. Dr. Piper's short essay on Psalm 82 was entitled, "Putting the Gods in Their Place." I hope you'll all give it a read. (Thanks to those who brought it to my attention). While...
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,...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 108 – Q & A # 15
The episode is now live. Timestamps for Questions The timestamps are approximated based on the transcript's natural pacing. [02:50] – Genesis 2–3 and Conditional Mortality:Does humanity’s conditional immortality affect future judgment? What about annihilation vs....
Naked Bible 95: David Burnett – Resurrection and the Death of the Gods
This episode invites David Burnett back to the podcast for a discussion of his research on 1 Cor 15:35-50. In an earlier episode on this chapter, we talked about the meaning of Paul’s phrase “the spiritual body.” This time around, David draws our attention to the...
Naked Bible 94: The Sin of the Watchers and Galatians 3-4
Biblical scholars know that Paul subordinates the Law to Christ (Gal 3:1-18). He writes about how the Law could not result in the fruition of the promises given to Abraham (and, by extension, to all nations; Gen 12:1-3). Paul then asks “Why then was the law given?” He...