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Dr. Michael S. Heiser Ph.D. (2004), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies; minor in ClassicalStudies. My dissertation was entitled, “The Divine Council in Late
Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature.” The dissertation involved exegesis
primarily in the Pentateuch, Wisdom Literature, and Isaiah, but also dealt at length with Israelite
Religion (all stages) and Second Temple texts. Supervisor: Michael V. Fox
M.A. (1998), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; Department of Hebrew and Semitic
Studies
M.A. (1992), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Ancient History; Major
Areas: Ancient Egypt and Syria-Palestine (Israel)
Academic Honors
2007 - Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar Award, 2007 (Pacific Northwest Region)
1998-2003 – Teaching Assistantship, Department of Communication Arts, University of WisconsinMadison
1997 - Scholarship, Wisconsin Society for Jewish Learning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1995 - James L. Weinstein Fellowship in Hebrew Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1990 - Ancient History Department scholarship, University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Experience
2012-current: Adjunct Lecturer, History Department, Whatcom Community College;
Bellingham, WA. I teach U.S. History and Western Civilization.
2007-current: Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Liberty University Distance Learning
Program; Lynchburg, VA. I teach several online courses for Liberty Theological Seminary: Old
Testament Introduction, Old Testament Prophets, Psalms, Wisdom Books, and Hebrew Tools.
2008-2011: Adjunct Lecturer, History Department, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA. I taught Ancient Israel and History of Ancient Egypt in the History Department.
2000- 2007: Adjunct Instructor, Department of Biblical Studies, College of Adult and
Lifelong Learning (Correspondence and Online Program), Taylor University, Fort Wayne, IN.
I taught ten courses for correspondence and online study, including: Wisdom Literature, Angelology,
Christian Ethics, and History of Israel
Fall 2003: Assistant Professor of Bible, Department of Religious Studies, Grace College,
Winona Lake, IN. This position was a sabbatical replacement. I taught Introduction to the Old
Testament, Historical Books of the Old Testament, and Christian Ethics.
1995-2002: Adjunct Instructor of History in the Departments of Social & Behavioral
Sciences, Marian College, Fond du Lac, WI. I taught World Civilizations I & II.
1992-1995: Associate Professor of Bible, Pillsbury Baptist College, Owatonna, MN.
I taught over a dozen courses while at Pillsbury including: Old Testament Survey, Bibliology,
Contemporary Theology, Christian Ethics, Genesis, History of Israel, Theological Systems, Hermeneutics,
Psalms, and Greek
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Who is Michael Heiser?Michael Heiser earned an MA (1998) and PhD (2004) in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His dissertation was entitled, "The Divine Council in Late Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature". Before going to the UW-Madison, Mike also earned an M.A. in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania (1992; major fields, Ancient Syria-Palestine and Egyptology). Mike can do translation work in roughly a dozen ancient languages, among them Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Phoenician, Moabite, and Ugaritic cuneiform. He has also studied Akkadian and Sumerian independently.
Who is Elohim?Elohim in the Hebrew Bible refers to deities, and is one of the many names or titles for God in the Hebrew Bible. The word is identical to the plural of el, meaning gods or magistrates, and is used for the pantheon of Canaanite gods, the children of El, and conventionally vocalized as "Elohim". The notion of divinity underwent radical changes in the early period of Israelite identity and development of Ancient Hebrew religion. The ambiguity of the term elohim is the result of such changes, cast in terms of "vertical translatability", i.e. the re-interpretation of the gods from 7th century BC, Judah to the emergence of monotheist Rabbinical Judaism in the 2 AD.
Who is Yahweh?Yahweh was the national god of the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah. His exact origins are disputed, although they reach back to the early Iron Age and even the Late Bronze: his name may have begun as an epithet of El, head of the Bronze Age Canaanite pantheon, but the earliest plausible mentions of Yahweh are in Egyptian texts that refer to a similar-sounding place name associated with the Shasu nomads of the southern Transjordan. In the oldest biblical literature, Yahweh is a typical ancient Near Eastern "divine warrior", who leads the heavenly army against Israel's enemies; he later became the main god of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and of Judah, and over time the royal court and temple promoted Yahweh as the god of the entire cosmos, possessing all the positive qualities previously attributed to the other gods and goddesses.
Who is GOD?In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe In deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God In pantheism, God is the universe itself In atheism, God is purported not to exist, while deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism.
