Heiser's Unseen Realm (UR) was a groundbreaker in tearing off the traditional lenses introducing non-academics to the ancient near eastern supernatural worldview that saturates the worldview of the Biblical authors. This followup, Reversing Hermon (RH), focuses specifically on the "sins of the Watchers" in Genesis 6:1-4 and more broadly the influence of 1 Enoch on the Christian Scriptures and broad understanding of Jesus's Messianic mission. Plainly written and well sourced, this is a must-have addition to anyone interested in deciphering the Mediterranean context of the Bible. Two complaints: (1) a lot of overlap with UR, making a few large sections redundant; it's like Heiser was straddling the line between making this a standalone book or a sequel to UR. (2) There were sections where Heiser declined details due to space constraints or technicality; I think Heiser could have punched above weight class in the footnotes and made room by cutting some UR redundancy. He makes up for it in absurdly detailed cross references. In sum: less UR, more technical stuff.

Overall: 4.4/5 ( )