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What Is The Center For Hebraic Thought?
The Center for Hebraic Thought aims to recover and promote the neglected thought-world of the Bible as an intellectual resource today.
Through partnerships and engagement with the church and scholars, our goals are:
- To help all people understand that there is a thought-world of the Bible
- To increase Bible literacy, so that people can accurately trace meaning across the biblical texts
- To foster the ability to apply biblical principles in our lives, our families, our churches, and our scholarship
- To reshape the perception of the Bible such that it’s studied seriously as an intellectual tradition
- To see Hebraic thought become standard curriculum in the Western canon of intellectualism
The CHT is a hub and community for research, resources, and conversations about Bible literacy and the intellectual world of the Bible. It provides a dynamic platform where scholars, pastors, and normal folks can interact with one of the oldest, richest, and yet most neglected traditions; discuss how it has shaped our culture; and explore how its concepts can be applied to the big questions of today.
We have a unique opportunity to re-capture the biblical authors’ patterns of thought and see how they can inform our own. The CHT seeks to help both scholars and the public alike “tune in” to what the prophets were contending about the nature of reality and our place within it.
The system of thought in the Hebrew Bible that carries into the New Testament still speaks prolifically today, to our political structures, views of justice, scientific understanding of reality, debates on sexual identity, and more.
The CHT aims to recover this neglected thought-world and provide a platform for this budding area of study.
If you are looking for resources for your church or students, check out our more accessible content published over at The Biblical Mind.
Board of Directors

Dr. Dru Johnson
Founder and President

Mike Tolliver
Executive Director

Celina Sourbeer
Secretary

Adam Gerber

Dr. Andy McCoy

Dr. Heath Thomas

Brian VandenBrink

Tammy Vandenbrink
Advisory Council

Kevin Kim

Lois Tverberg

Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman

Dr. Jeffrey Garcia
Academic Fellows

Dr. Jerry Hwang

Dr. Arthur Keefer

Rev. Dr. Peter Leithart

Dr. Avital Levi

Rev. Dr. Ryan O'Dowd

Dr. Jonathan Pennington

Dr. Michael Tanchum

Dr. Jeremiah Unterman

Dr. Shira Weiss
Junior Fellows

Hakeem Bradley

Caio Peres
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