Behind the Scenes: CHT Staff Tells All! (Dru, Amy, Celina)

Amy Gabriel, Dr. Dru Johnson

Episode Summary

Sometimes it’s good to take a step back—so this week, the Center for Hebraic Thought staff switched things up. Instead of interviewing a scholar, Dru Johnson (CHT director), Amy Gabriel (CHT research associate), and Celina Durgin (CHT administrative director) chatted about the evolving mission and audience of the CHT, Bible literacy and Bible fluency, good and bad Bible-reading habits—in short, a smorgasbord of topics that lie at the heart of our organization.

Chapters

- 00:30 The evolving mission of the Center for Hebraic Thought

- 02:33 Shifting the audience of the CHT

- 05:50 What is Hebraic thought, again?

- 10:38 How—and how not—to read the Bible

- 16:25 The origin and purpose of The Biblical Mind

- 19:00 Bible literacy vs. Bible fluency

- 34:41 What motivates people to read the Bible?

- 38:30 The goal of the CHT and TBM

- 43:55 Scripture’s metaphors for itself

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Amy Gabriel
Amy Gabriel has worked in advocacy and education for many years, including at The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Tyndale University, and Westminster Classical Christian Academy (Toronto), as well as at Shalem College (Jerusalem). Amy holds an MA in Theological Studies at Wycliffe College (University of Toronto), where her research focused on Holocaust theology. She also has an MA in Political Theory (University of Toronto) and a BA in English and Philosophy (Tyndale University College).
Dr. Dru Johnson
Founder and Director of the Center for Hebraic Thought
Dru Johnson (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is Templeton Senior Research Fellow and director of the Abrahamic Theistic Origins Project at Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford. He is also a visiting professor at Hope College, director of the Center for Hebraic Thought, editor of the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series, host of The Biblical Mind podcast, and cohost of the OnScript podcast. His recent books include Biblical Philosophy, What Hath Darwin to Do with Scripture, and Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments. Johnson spends his time between Holland, Michigan, and Oxford, England.