The Façade

by Michael S. Heiser

Excellent Book

Paperback

About the author

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). His 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.

Mike blogs about biblical studies at The Naked Bible, and fringe beliefs about the ancient world at PaleoBabble. He offers courses to the public in Old Testament, biblical theology, Israelite religion, ancient languages, the Book of Enoch through his online institute, MEMRA.

Mike's other academic interests include the paranormal and the occult. His UFO Religions blog discusses how the pop cultural belief in aliens shape religious worldviews. 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.

Reviews

[Sarah Faith · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s kind of like a historical fiction. There’s a lot of information that is real and true in the book but all the characters and plenty of the settings are fictional. It’s really a neat way to portray all the information that other people won’t do the research to dig up. But Heiser actually does that research for you and then present it through fiction. The book was interesting… Harder to feel emotional connection to the characters but that’s not why I read the book. I actually have this book physically and both listened to it audibly as well as read the physical copy. The narrator is super annoying… He misinterprets how things should be said and the conversation and dialogue ends up being super snarky/sarcastic and even exaggerating whiny at times. I like the narrator’s voice but I hate how he reads dialogue. It doesn’t do the book justice. Please choose someone else for the audiobook version of the next book. Love Dr. Heiser’s work though, may he RIP.

[Michele Mccullough · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant! I’m reading this again after several years. Present events give more insight into what Heiser, who was writing a story, may end up being part prophecy. He styled the character Bryan after his life in many ways. I only wish she had lived long enough to write part three. But could he really right part three? After all part three would’ve ended up giving away the end. We miss you Mike!! Now you know the end.

[Phil Cotnoir · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were a number of problems that made this a rough read. But rather than try to lay them out, I'm just going to move on with life.