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The Naked Bible Podcast
Hosted by Dr. Michael S. Heiser · EN
Biblical theology, stripped bare of denominational confessions and theological systems by exposing context.
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Naked Bible 384: Revelation 14
Jul 10, 2021Tap to summarizeRevelation 14 looks back at the 144,000 (see episodes 372, 373), the sealed counterparts to those who bear the name and mark of the Beast (Rev 13). The chapter includes messages from various angels who initiate the judgment of the wicked nations and their gods at the Day of the Lord. In this episode we discuss the Old Testament imagery used to describe this judgment, including the Fall of “Babylon,” the winepress of God’s wrath, and the harvest of the earth with the sickle.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 305: EEM.org
Jan 4, 2020Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast we welcome T. Dirk Smith, Vice President of EEM.org (formerly known as Eastern European Mission). Dirk tells us about the ministry’s mission of getting Bibles to every person in Eastern Europe and beyond. EEM.org has shipped Bible to over 30 countries in 22 languages and has some unique opportunities in that regard, including some eastern European countries who require the Bible in their public schools. book referenced: https://www.thekjvstore.com/tripping.html
Transcribe →Naked Bible 258: The Bible Project
Feb 9, 2019Tap to summarizeIn this episode we chat with Dr. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins about their amazingly successful and eminently useful ministry, The Bible Project. We learn a bit about their backgrounds, individually and as friends, how the Bible Project was born, and plans for the future.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 202: Hebrews Q&A Part 2
Feb 10, 2018Tap to summarizeDr. Heiser answers your questions about the book of Hebrews.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 201: Hebrews Q&A Part 1
Feb 3, 2018Tap to summarizeDr. Heiser answers your questions about the book of Hebrews.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 199: Hebrews 13
Jan 20, 2018Tap to summarizeThe final chapter of the book of Hebrews combines pastoral encouragement for believers under stress and reminders about the superiority of Jesus against what their persecutors were offering. This episode wraps up our book study by highlighting how the writer blends his final appeal for faithfulness with encouragement for both the laity and the leadership in troublesome times.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 198: Hebrews 12
Jan 14, 2018Tap to summarizeHebrews 12 follows on the heels of the “hall of faith” in Hebrews 11. That’s important because heeding that context (and that of the rest of the book of Hebrews) will prevent us from taking certain things in Hebrews 12 out of context. The writer doesn’t follow the “hall of faith” with a treatise on how moral imperfection (sin) will result in keeping someone out of the kingdom of God. And yet many readers lapse into that thinking in this chapter. In this episode we read Hebrews 12 in light of Hebrews 11—and other preceding passages in the book—to reaffirm that salvation is about something done for us, not something we do, and about the obedience of Jesus, not our own obedience.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 193: Hebrews 8
Dec 9, 2017Tap to summarizeThe writer of Hebrews has, to this point, put forth the idea that Jesus is superior to Moses, Melchizedek, the Aaronic / Levitical Priesthood, and the angels. In this chapter he adds another point of comparison—the Mosaic covenant. The work of Jesus on the cross, his accession to the heavenly throne as great high priest, and the subsequent coming of the Spirit (who is identified with Jesus in the NT) are superior to the Torah covenant and its inability to save. This episode focuses on the use of how the writer of Hebrews telegraphs Christ’s superiority to the Mosaic covenant through his use of Old Testament New Covenant prophecies. LOGOS DISCOUNT CLICK HERE Scholarly Works recommended by Dr. Heiser: use code NAKEDBIBLE7 at checkout The Watchers in Jewish and Christian Traditions The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament in English Hermeneia: 1 Enoch 1: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 1–36; 81–108 Hermeneia: 1 Enoch 2: A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch, Chapters 37–82 The Book of Giants from Qumran: Texts, Translation, and Commentary Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible The Context of Scripture (3 vols.) Ancient Near Eastern Texts New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.) New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.) The IVP Bible Dictionary Series (8 vols.) Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: New Testament (4 vols.) Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary: Old Testament (5 vols.) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) (1979–1995) (4 vols.) Video (Mobile Ed) Courses: Mobile Ed: BI291 The Apocrypha: Witness between the Testaments (8 hour course) by David A. deSilva Biblical Languages: Foundational Certificate Program Mobile Ed: OT302 Book Study: Genesis (9 hour course) Mobile Ed: LA161 Learn to Use Biblical Greek with Logos 6 (12 hour course) by Johnny Cisneros Mobile Ed: LA151 Learn to Use Biblical Hebrew with Logos 6 (12 hour course) by Michael S. Heiser Mobile Ed: Darrell Bock Bundle (4 courses)
Transcribe →Naked Bible 192: SBL Conference Interviews Part 3
Dec 2, 2017Tap to summarizeOur final set of interviews at SBL includes discussions with Tim Mackie from The Bible Project, and we learn about opportunities for biblical studies education in the UK from Dr. Matthew Lynch, a scholar in the UK familiar with the podcast and Mike’s work.
Transcribe →Naked Bible 185: Hebrews 7
Nov 11, 2017Tap to summarizeHebrews 7 picks up themes that are familiar already to readers of the book. The writer defends the superiority of Christ’s priesthood to the Levitical priesthood of the Old Testament on the basis of his connection to Melchizedek. A key part of this strategy is to declare that Levi “paid tithes to Melchizedek, being still in the loins of his ancestor” (Abraham). How are we to understand this idea? This episode tackles this difficult issue, as well as the tradition that Melchizedek was Noah’s son Shem. McNamara, “Melchizedek: Gen 14:17-20 in the Targums, in Rabbinic and Early Christian Literature,” Biblica 81 (2000) Orlov, “The Melchizedek Legend of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch,” Journal for the Study of Judaism Vol. 31, No. 1 (2000): 23-38
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