Part 4 of a series by guest blogger, Stephen Huebscher ------- C. CONCEPTIONS OF HEAVENLY WORSHIP IN GNOSTIC GROUPS This post deals with groups that are known as “Gnostics” from the Greek word gnosis = “knowledge.” They developed the century after Christianity. They...
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“Giant” Third Dynasty Pharaoh Study in the News
I'm referring to this recent two-page (!) study in a medical journal: "Oldest case of gigantism? Assessment of the alleged remains of Sa-Nakht, king of ancient Egypt," Lancet: Diabetes and Endocrinology 5:8 (August 2017): 580-581. Several folks have emailed me about...
Heavenly Worship in Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and Gnostic Sects: Part 3
Guest blogger, Stephen Huebscher This is the third of five posts in this series. B. CONCEPTIONS OF HEAVENLY WORSHIP IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY Early Christian conceptions of heavenly worship drew heavily on the OT and, not surprisingly, show a similarity, though with some...
The Myth of an Aramaic Original New Testament
I get questions about whether the New Testament was originally written in Aramaic. Some really aren't questions; they are (I presume) well-meaning people trying to inform me of the "fact" of Aramaic primacy. In light of those sorts of emails, it was nice to come...
Treasure Trove of Open Access Scholarly Journals for Biblical Studies
If you've followed my work for any time (or read books like The Unseen Realm), you know the value of scholarly journals. Most of them are not publicly accessible. Here's a link to a substantial list that are online.
Update on Jaime Maussan’s Phony Peruvian Alien Mummy
If you're following this story, this post from Archaeology Review is quite worthwhile: A Review of Jaime Maussan’s Alien Mummy from Peru. The highlight is an X-Ray of the three-fingered alien hand hoax perpetrated by Maussan. Here's a portion of the essay on that...
The Sad Demise of MUFON
If you have a sustained interest in the subject of UFOs and their investigation, you've heard of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). This at-one-time important grass roots network has been steadily sliding toward irrelevance (see here and here for past issues). Events of more...
DNA, Canaanites, and the Biblically-Illiterate Media
By now I've probably received a heads up on the story about Canaanite DNA disproving the biblical conquest narrative a dozen times. Here's my own heads-up: If you see some "news" about the Bible in mass media, you can presume it's click-bait archaeoporn that will...
The Racism Behind Ancient Alien Mummy Hoaxes
Yep. I've said it before and I'll say it again. When ancient alien theorists (or Christian North American nephilim "race" theorists) insist those are the explanations for impressive engineering and architectural work (think Nazca lines, mounds), what they're saying is...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 169: Surviving and Thriving in Seminary: Conversation with Danny Zacharias and Ben Forrest
Ever thought about taking a seminary class? Getting a degree in biblical studies? Even if you haven’t and just want good advice on how to do biblical research on your own, you’ll want to listen in on this conversation. This episode of the podcast focuses on the book...
Heavenly Worship in Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and Gnostic Sects: Part 2
By guest blogger Stephen L. Huebscher STEP THREE: LOOKING AT THE THREE GROUPS INDIVIDUALLY CONCEPTIONS OF HEAVENLY WORSHIP IN SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM The variety of groups and beliefs at this time was reflected in the variety of sacred texts used. It was common to...
Update on Jaime Maussan’s Fake Alien Mummy Circus
The UFO Watchdog blog recently posted an update on the alleged alien mummy brought to Gaia TV by Jaime Maussan. Jaime of course has a long, glorious history of hoaxing. You can read the update here in full, but it's basically about how the World Congress on Mummy...
Heavenly Worship in Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and Gnostic Sects: Part 1
By guest blogger, Stephen L. Huebscher This series was originally written as an academic paper for presentation at a conference. At the time, we were doing research on the divine council for what ended up in Mike’s book The Unseen Realm. I had told Mike I was...
New Cherubim and Seraphim Video
Here's the latest video (thanks to Shaun's work!). It does a good job summarizing how to parse the cherubim and seraphim (and how not to over-read that material).
Not Good News: The New NAR “Passion Translation” of the Bible
This just popped into my In box. I apologize for being so behind the curve on this but, as I noted on my "About" page, I don't follow the NAR (New Apostolic Reformation) nor do I think its distinctive teachings are scriptural. But lots of movements have those sorts of...