Mount Hermon, Bashan Range (Golan Heights)
A 12-session lecture and discussion course on
"Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ"
Sequel to "Supernatural Realm" (18 sessions)
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Based on the book
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Thurdays, 07:30, Sept. 19 – Dec. 12, 2024
Sundays, 10:45, Sept. 22 – Dec. 15, 2024
Hosted by Powellhurst Baptist Church
S.E. 112th Avenue and Powell Boulevard, Portland, Oregon
Free admission, public welcome.
Sessions Menu
0 Course introduction (Sept. 19 & 22)
1 The Nephilim (Sept. 26 & 29)
2 The Watchers (Oct. 3 & 6)
3 The Apkallu (Oct. 10 & 13)
4 Jesus' Birth (Oct 17 & 20)
5 Jesus' genealogy (Oct. 24 & 27)
6 Jesus' ministry (Oct. 31 & Nov. 10)
7 Human depravity (Nov. 7 & 17)
8 Women's covering (Nov. 14 & 24)
9 Christian baptism (Nov. 21 & Dec. 1)
10 The Antichrist (Nov. 5 & Dec. 8)
11 The Apocalypse (Dec. 12 & 15)
12 Conclusion (Dec. 17 & 22)
0 Course Introduction (Sept. 19 & 22)
Read 1 Enoch online here or here.
Or in our protected folder.
Read 1 Enoch in Greek here
Read 1 Enoch in Aramaic here
Read 1 Enoch in Ethiopic here
Lire 1 Hénoch en français ici
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Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 1-6.
Reversing Hermon book footnotes
Class session:
Read or download Introduction document (3 pages)
Document Introduction en français
Download PowerPoint slides
Video Introduction
(Thur., Sept. 19, 50 min.) Video Introduction
(Sun., Sept. 22, 43 min.)Audio only (.mp3, Sun., Sept. 22, 43 min.)
Recommended:
"Hermon" in DDD (2 pages)
Appendix I: "1 Enoch in the early church" (pages 183-192).
Appendix II: "Dating 1 Enoch" (pages 193-196).
Skim Appendix IV "NT Allusions to Pseudepigrapha" (pages 203-256).
The Book of Giants (Dead Sea Scrolls 1Q23, 2Q26, 4Q203, 4Q530-532, 6Q8)
First Testament terms for spirit-beings (2 pages)
Reversing
Hermon seminar 2018, Part 1, with the late Dr. M. S. Heiser (43
min.)1 The Nephilim (Sept. 26 & 29)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 9-22 (about 40 minutes).
Reversing Hermon book footnotes
Class session:
Read or download The Nephilim document (3 pages)
Document Les Nephilim en français
Download PowerPoint slides
Video Session 1
(Thur., Sept. 26, 50 min.)Audio only (.mp3, Thur., Sept. 26, 47 min.)
Audio only (.mp3, Sun., Sept. 29, 52 min.)
Recommended:
The Unseen Realm, "Divine Transgression" (pages 92-100).
Dr Heiser, "Why Understand the
Bible With a Supernatural Worldview in Mind" (6 min.)
"How Fallen
Angels Corrupted Mankind With Forbidden Knowledge" (14 min.)2 The Watchers (Oct. 3 & 6)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 23-36 (about 40 minutes).
Book of Enoch, chapters 1-16 (about 15 minutes).
Class session:
Read or download The Watchers document (4 pages)
Document Les Veilleurs en français
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(25 mins.)Audio only (.mp3, 25 min.)
Recommended:
Heiser, Unseen Realm (pages 103-105)
Dr Heiser, "How Did Ancient
Israelites View Human Depravity?" Dr Heiser, "The Purpose of the
Law""Watchers" in DDD (3 pages)
"Archai" in DDD (4 pages)
Flood traditions (chart)
Great-flood tranditions (page)
Amar Annus "On the Origine of the Watchers" (protected folder)
3 The Apkallu (Oct. 10 & 13)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 37-54
Class session:
Read or download The Apkallu document (3 pages)
Document Les Apkallu en français
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(14 min.)Audio only (14 min.)
Recommended:
Heiser, Unseen Realm (pages 92-109)
"Apkallu" in DDD (2 pages)
Heiser, "Who are the
Anunnaki? Who are They Not?" (20 min.) Extraterrestrials?
(1 min.) Heiser, "Why are There So
Many Stories of Floods in the Ancient World?" (3 min.)"AI Helps Decipher Epic of Gilgamesh" (3 min. read)
Book of Jubilees
Ugaritic Alphabet (3 pages)
4 Jesus' birth (Oct. 17 & 20)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 53-70
Class session:
Read or download The Birth document (3 pages)
Document La naissance en français (3 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(21 min.)Audio only (17 min.)
Recommended:
How Revelation
helps to pinpoint the birth of Christ (Heiser, 10 min.) Did Satan take a
third of the angels with him? (Heiser, 5 min.)"When did Herod the Great Reign?" (protected folder)
The Star that Astonished the World (protected folder)
"Dragon" in DDD (Pages 265-267)
5 Jesus' genealogy (Oct. 24 & 27)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 71-86
1 Enoch chapters 6 and 8
Class session:
Read or download The Genealogy document (2 pages)
Document La généalogie en français (2 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(19 min.)Audio only (17 min.)
Recommended:
Tertullian (c. AD 155-220), On the Apparel of Women
6 Jesus' ministry (Oct. 31 & Nov. 10)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 87-102
Origin of demons in 1 Enoch chapter 15
Class session:
Read or download The Ministry document (3 pages)
Document Le ministère en français (3 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(18 min.)Audio only (16 min.)
Recommended:
"Kings Og’s Iron Bed" in BAR (1990)
"Baal Zebub" in DDD (pages 154-156)
Heiser, Unseen Realm (chapter 32)
"Understand the
Bible With a Supernatural Worldview" (Heiser, 5 min)7 Human depravity (Nov. 7 & 17)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 103-122
Class session:
Read or download the Depravity document (3 pages)
Document La décadence en français (3 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(15 min.)Audio only (13 min.)
8 Women's covering (Nov. 14 & 24)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 123-136
Class session:
Read or download the Covering document (4 pages)
Document La voile en français (4 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(17 min.)Audio only (14 min.)
Recommended:
"Comparative Cultural Studies" (4 pages)
30 Fake Jesus found in cults, religions & philosophies (12 min.)
5 ancient myths (1 min.)
9 Christian baptism (Nov. 21 & Dec. 1)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 137-144
Class session:
Read or download the Baptism document (3 pages)
Document Le baptême en français (3 pages)
Download PowerPoint slides
Video overview
(15 min.)Audio only (13 min.)
Recommended:
Heiser, "Baptism as Holy War" (pages 335-339)
Heiser, "Baptism in 1 Peter 3:14-22" (audio, 13 min.)
Heiser, "Baptism in Acts 22:16" (audio, 13 min.)
Heiser, "Baptism in Acts 2:38" (audio, 12 min.)
Heiser, "Mode of Baptism" (audio, 16 min.)
10 The Antichrist (Nov. 5 & Dec. 8)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 147-162
Class session:
Pending...
Recommended:
Heiser, "Was
Nero the Antichrist?" (video, 07:22)Heiser, "Antichrist and Nephilim Connected" (audio, 5:43)
"Antichrist" in DDD (pages 62-64)
John H. Walton,
“The Mesopotamian Background of the Tower of Babel Account and Its Implications,”
Bulletin for Biblical Research 5 (1995) (pages 155-175)
11 The Apocalypse (Dec.12 & 15)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 163-180
Class session:
Pending...
Recommended:
Heiser, "Revelation 13" (audio, 1:04:48)
12 Conclusion (Dec. 17 & 22)
Reading assignment:
Reversing Hermon, pages 181-268 (whatever you wish)
