The Bible They Never Told You About | Paul Wallis and Mauro Biglino Explain

🇬🇧 What happens if you read the Hebrew Bible with no theological filters at all – just taking the words as they stand? In this in-depth conversation on The 5th Kind, Paul Wallis welcomes back Mauro Biglino, the scholar whose literal renderings of biblical Hebrew for Edizioni San Paolo led him to some very unsettling – and very concrete – conclusions about the Bible. Starting from Mauro’s book “The Gods of the Bible”, Paul and Mauro explore what the Hebrew text actually says about Elohim, Yahweh, Elyon, Shadday, ruach, kavod and many other key terms. If Elohim is a plural, if there is no Hebrew word that means “God” as a transcendent, omnipotent creator, and if Yahweh is just one violent leader among many “powerful ones”, then the Bible stops being a book about the God of theology and starts to look like a record of contact with powerful non-human beings who governed specific nations, waged wars and demanded absolute obedience. From there, the discussion opens up to global myth and archaeology: Mesopotamian epics, African and Australian traditions, Native American and Mesoamerican stories, all echoing memories of “sky people” and civilizing visitors. Mauro and Paul revisit the biblical kavod that lifts off the ground, makes a deafening noise, emits light and burns skin, and the ruach that moves like a directed wind and transports people – phenomena that look far more like technology than “spiritual glory”. They also discuss the famous ancient depictions of “handbags and pine cones” and Paul’s proposal that they record a very concrete story: advanced beings working with humans to reboot agriculture after global catastrophe. I n the final part, Mauro and Paul tackle the biggest question of all: what do we even mean by “God”? Mauro insists on distinguishing the biblical Elohim from the God of later theology; Paul explains why he still uses the word “God” only for the source of the cosmos, something completely different from the colonizers and sky-governors of the ancient texts. The result is a rich dialogue where philology, hermeneutics, comparative mythology and spiritual philosophy all meet. If you’re interested in a literal, text-first reading of the Bible, if you want to understand why Mauro’s collaboration with Edizioni San Paolo ended when he began speaking publicly about these translations, and if you’re curious about his upcoming projects with Paul Wallis – including their joint book planned for 2026 – this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. - 📕 Gods of the Bible | Mauro Biglino A new interpretation of the Bible reveals the oldest secret in history: https://www.maurobiglino.com/en/gods-... 📕 Skies Afire | Mauro Biglino, Erich von Däniken War, Machines, and Technology in the Ancient Texts: https://www.maurobiglino.com/en/skies... Join Ancient Knowledge Academy 👉https://www.skool.com/ancientknowledg... - Learn with Paul Wallis — live mentoring, courses, and a global community of seekers.