Reversing Hermon

Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ

By: Michael S. Heiser

Narrated by: Michael Duty

This is an academic work describing how the New Testament writers re-purpose Genesis 6:1-5 in their presentation of Jesus as messiah. Though every topic addressed in Reversing Hermon can be found in scholarly academic literature, Reversing Hermon is the first book to gather this information and make it accessible to Bible students everywhere. The book also includes lengthy appendices on the ancient debate on the inspiration of the book of 1 Enoch, New Testament allusions to the book, and academic resources for studying 1 Enoch and the Book of Giants from the Dead Sea Scrolls.

©2017 Michael S Heiser (P)2020 Michael S Heiser

Confusing Hermon

I had to listen to this book twice to figure out how something could be so intelligent, then get everything wrong. The problem with this book is that the author knows so much, without knowing God. There is only one God that made us. The rebellious Angels and the Watchers can try to help or hinder us at will. It is the faith in Jesus as the Messiah, that is the rock upon which the Churches are built. It is written to please many religious concepts. A lot of work went into this. It is worth a listen for the plethora of gathered information. It would be nice if more academic writers had a better relationship with God. The presentation was very good.

Eye opener

wow. the deeper I get the more I want to learn. I pray that one day the American church will find its way to learning from things like this and not what they have been groomed to believe.

Narrator

Narrator sounds snarky. I listened to the appendix first then intro and it was great, but once he got to the chapters his tone changes and does not reflect the humility of Dr. Heiser.

Informative

The story of the OT watchers and why it matters is the subject of Heiser’s book. It is well written and useful for closer study, but at times a wee bit too scholarly to engage the reader without previous knowledge of Heiser’s work.

Jesus My Triumphant Warrior

Dr Michael Heiser describes Jesus as my Warrior God. No book has done more to encourage my faith in my Savior.

Important book; horrible narrator.

A good discussion of a very important sub text of the NT. Unfortunately, the narrator is apparently a frustrated Shakespearean actor.

Extremely thought provoking

very well researched and presented with tons of references and footnotes. Helped me to understand very difficult scriptures.

Such a Time as This

Dr. Heiser’s work I believe is for such a time as this. As we move closer to Tribulation time his work brings into focus the truth that is before us.

"snotty" reading

Michael Heiser was a damn interesting Biblical scholar with some crucial insights. i'm sad that it's now "was" instead of "is"......... i have no idea why this narrator affects this bizarre, snotty tone throughout. it's *really* off-putting.

An Educational read.

I learned a lot from this book, lots of information and the supporting sources. If you are a Christian and interested in the Biblical book of Genesis, then this help fill in some of the details lost on the modern western mind.