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Mike Heiser is a scholar in the fields of biblical studies and the ancient Near East. He is the Academic Editor of Logos Bible Software. Mike earned the M.A. and Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. He has also earned an M.A. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania (major fields: Ancient Israel and Egyptology). His main research interests are Israelite religion (especially Israel’s divine council), biblical theology, ancient Near Eastern religion, biblical & ancient Semitic languages, and ancient Jewish binitarian monotheism.
Mike blogs about biblical studies at
The Naked Bible,
and fringe beliefs about archaeology and antiquity at
PaleoBabble.
He offers courses on the Old Testament, New Testament, Biblical theology,
and various ancient languages through his online institute,
MEMRA. He has also
written
several articles and short books on these sorts of subjects.
Mike's
other academic interests include the paranormal and the occult. His
UFO
Religions blog discusses how the belief in
aliens shapes modern religious worldviews. Mike
has been a frequent guest on a number of radio programs such as Coast
to Coast AM. He is best known for his critique of the ancient
astronaut
theories of Zecharia Sitchin and his paranormal thriller,
The Facade, which intertwines many of his interests.