The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms

by Michael S. Heiser

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2017

Scripture on Its Own Terms

The Bible is mysterious, surprising—and often deeply misunderstood.

In The Bible Unfiltered, Dr. Michael Heiser, an expert in the ancient Near East and author of the best-seller The Unseen Realm, explores the most unusual, interesting, and least understood parts of the Bible and offers insights that will inspire, inform, and surprise you on every page.

Dr. Heiser has helped to remind the church of the supernatural worldview of the Bible. In The Bible Unfiltered, you will see his methods and expertise applied to dozens of specific passages and topics. Gleaned from his years working as Faithlife’s scholar-in-residence, this is some of the very best of Dr. Heiser’s work.

Contents

• Part One: Interpreting the Bible Responsibly
  • Serious Bible Study Isn’t for Sissies
  • Getting Serious—and Being Honest—about Interpreting the Bible in Context
  • Sincerity and the Supernatural
  • Let the Bible Be What It Is
  • Bad Bible Interpretation Really Can Hurt People
  • Unyielding Literalism: You Reap What You Sow
  • Everything in the Bible Isn’t about Jesus
  • Bible Reading and Bible Memorization Are Not Bible Study
  • Marxism and Biblical Theology Aren’t Synonyms
  • How to (Mis)Interpret Prophecy
• Part Two: Old Testament
  • Did Yahweh Father Cain?
  • All Your Genesis Commentaries Are 8-Track Tapes
  • What’s in a Name?
  • Lost at Sea
  • The Slave before “Elohim” in Exodus 21:1–6
  • The Angel of Yahweh in the Old Testament
  • Salvation in Old Testament Israel
  • Where the Wild (Demonic) Things Are
  • The Secret Things Belong to the Lord
  • The Ongoing Battle of Jericho
  • Scripture’s Sacred Trees
  • Boaz—the Lawbreaker?
  • Of Mice and Manhood
  • Samuel’s Ghost and Saul’s Judgment
  • The Politics of Marriage
  • Defeating Ancient Foes
  • Yahweh and His Asherah
  • Angels Aren’t Perfect
  • From Intercessors to Advocate
  • Jurassic Bible?
  • Proverbs: The Wisdom of Egypt?
  • Heap Burning Coals on their Heads
  • Denial of the Afterlife
  • Solomon’s Bride or Jesus’ Bride?
  • Gog of the Supernatural North
  • Filtering God
  • God of Fire and Storm
  • Zechariah’s Divine Messiah

• Part Three: New Testament
  • Mark’s Use of Isaiah
  • Demons, Swine, and Cosmic Geography
  • Strange and Powerful Signs
  • Is Exorcism for Everyone?
  • The Word was God
  • The Table of Nations and Acts 2
  • Paul’s Missionary Goals
  • Divine Misdirection
  • Who is the God of this World?
  • New Testament Language of Spiritual Adoption and Sonship
  • The Lord, Who Is the Spirit
  • Paul, Puppies, and People with Tattoos
  • Watch Your Language!
  • No Longer Slaves
  • The Relationship of Baptism and Circumcision
  • Disarming the Powers of Darkness
  • Inspiration Was a Process, Not an Event
  • The Father of Lights
  • What do Demons Believe about God?
  • Jesus, The Morning Star out of Jacob
  • Relying on Our Preconceptions
  • Jesus, Our Warrior

Product Details

• Title: The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms
• Author: Michael S. Heiser
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 272
• Format: Logos Digital, Paperback
• Trim Size: 5x8
• ISBN: 9781683590408

About Michael S. Heiser

Dr. Michael S. Heiser is a former Scholar-in-Residence for Faithlife Corporation, the makers of Logos Bible Software. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Awakening School of Theology and Ministry at Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida. His varied academic background enables him to operate in the realm of critical scholarship and the wider Christian community. His experience in teaching at the undergraduate level and writing for the layperson have both directly contributed to Logos’ goal of adapting scholarly tools for nonspecialists.

Dr. Heiser earned his PhD in Hebrew Bible and Semitic languages and holds an MA in ancient history and Hebrew studies. He is the coeditor of Old Testament Greek Pseudepigrapha with Morphology and Semitic Inscriptions: Analyzed Texts and English Translations, and can do translation work in roughly a dozen ancient languages, including Biblical Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Ugaritic cuneiform. He also specializes in Israelite religion (especially Israel’s divine council), contextualizing biblical theology with Israelite and ancient Near Eastern religion, Jewish binitarianism, biblical languages, ancient Semitic languages, textual criticism, comparative philology, and Second Temple period Jewish literature. In addition, he was named the 2007 Pacific Northwest Regional Scholar by the Society of Biblical Literature.

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