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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.