The Biblical Mind
The Biblical Mind is dedicated to helping its audience understand how the biblical authors thought, promoting Bible fluency through curious, careful reading of Scripture. It is hosted by Dr. Dru Johnson and published by the Center for Hebraic Thought, a hub for research and resources on the intellectual world of the Bible.
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Episodes
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Dr. Michael Rhodes of Union University speaks about the radical economic principles begun in the Torah and worked out in the prophets and teaching Jesus and Paul. Topics include:
The problem with objectifying "the poor".
How our wealth corrupts our view of economics.
The power of Jubilee.
How the biblical authors use "inclusion" and economic leveling in response to sin.
How Paul's letter to the Corinthians reflects Hebraic economics.
Much of this discussion also references his book written with Brian Fikkert and Robbie Holt: Practicing the King's Economy Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
On February 15, Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart joined the Center for Hebraic Thought and a group of about 20 professors, church-goers, and students for an all-day workshop on the Perfection of God.
In the second session, Dr. Leithart discusses the idea of "deflating metaphysics" a bit in order to see how the biblical authors describe God.
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
Thursday Mar 12, 2020
On February 15, Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart joined the Center for Hebraic Thought and a group of about 20 professors, church-goers, and students for an all-day workshop on the Perfection of God.
This first session is on the primacy of Scripture in considering God's attributes.
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
This podcast is taken from the evening lecture of our February 14-15 workshop with the Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart from the Theopolis Institute.If you're interested in the content of the workshop that he refers to multiple times throughout the lecture, stay tuned for the recording of that, coming soon.
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) gave a talk at The King's College on January 31st on our modern notion of equality that was uniquely sculpted in the Hebrew Bible. Politics professors—Dr. Innes, and Dr. Griffin— and Center for Hebraic Thought fellow Dr. Shira Weiss offer responses and questions.
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Rabbi Dr. Jeremiah Unterman delivers a public lecture for the CHT examining moral progress in the Hebrew Bible and more generally in the ancient Near East.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Sunday Dec 15, 2019
Drs. Mary Hom and Dru Johnson discuss the impact of the baby Yoda story in the Christmas season, how the Star Wars stories and Yoda's poetic speech prime expectations, and how much these resemble aspects of the biblical narratives and style—especially Christmas!
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
We think of Christmas as a New Testament Story, but does it start earlier?
Hint: the story of a child changing the flow of cosmic events goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden.
The nativity isn't an isolated story, but it pulls together all of God's political ambitions for the world, to run it with righteousness, justice, and peace.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Dru Johnson talks with Drs. Eric Smith and Scott Booth of Pillar Seminary about the notion of calling in Scripture and some of the problematic thinking about Christian vocation practiced in the church. They address the following questions:
What do Christians commonly misunderstand about calling?
Is individual calling the same as a vocation/career?
What are Christians called to do as a whole?
How do you know if God wants you to be a missionary or a banker? Does it matter?
Can we demand signs and wonders from God like Moses and Gideon did?