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).
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. He maintains three blogs:
The Naked Bible
(biblical studies),
PaleoBabble (weird beliefs about antiquity), and
UFO Religions
(how belief in ETs intersects with religion). He teaches ancient
languages online at
MEMRA.
For more information, see his
FAQ
and
CV.
The
Facade: Special Edition
Mike
is also well known as the author of his
supernatural thriller,
The Facade.
Mike blends academic biblical scholarship and his knowledge of the
ancient world, alternative spiritualities, and the paranormal in
The Facade to
create an enthralling read.
You can read the first chapter for free
by clicking here.
As readers of the
The Facade already know, one of
its plotlines concerns how a genuine ET reality would affect the
traditional Judeo-Christian faith and worldview. Another utilizes Mike's
academic specialty, the
divine council, when the story's characters are
confronted with a different question: what if what everyone thought was
extraterrestrial is something else much more sinister.
Mike's publisher, Kirkdale Press, recently
released The Facade: Special
Edition for a variety of digital devices (Kindle, Nook,
Vyrso, iBooks, Google Play)! The special edition contains
bonus content:
- the story behind The Facade and Mike's first Coast to
Coast AM appearance
- up-to-date annotated bibliographies for the plot elements
- the
first 5 chapters of the sequel, The Portent