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Mike Heiser earned the M.A. and Ph.D. in
Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
in 2004. Before attending the UW-Madison, Mike earned an M.A. in Ancient
History from the University of Pennsylvania (major fields: Ancient Israel
and Egyptology). Mike was hired as the Academic Editor of
Logos Bible
Software shortly after completing his Ph.D. Before joining Logos, Mike
spent twelve years teaching biblical studies, history, and biblical
languages on the undergraduate level.
Mike’s
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. His
dissertation was entitled, "The Divine Council in Late
Canonical and Non-Canonical Second Temple Jewish Literature.” The
dissertation sought to discern the ancient Israelite background to
Judaism's "Two
Powers in Heaven" godhead teaching. Mike blogs regularly on
biblical studies at
The Naked Bible.
Mike teaches courses to the public in Old Testament, biblical theology,
Israelite religion, ancient languages, the Book of Enoch, and ancient
Israel, Mesopotamia, and Egypt at his online institute,
MEMRA.
Mike's
other academic interests include the paranormal and the occult. He is
particularly interested in how both shape worldviews and how people marry
biblical and ancient Near Eastern material to these areas. Mike teaches
online courses in paranormal studies at
IPPPS. 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. He maintains
two blogs devoted to these interests:
PaleoBabble,
and
UFO
Religions.