Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Identify the elements that comprise the Hebrew thought tradition

• Explain characteristics of “better” and “worse” interpretations of Scripture

• Provide a rationale for why God has chosen to reason with His people

• Explain the difference between simply different styles of thinking and relativism

• Explain what makes Hebrew law unique among other legal codes in the ancient Near East

• Name and describe six markers of Hebraic thought

• Explain how rituals are the basis for learning in our world

• Define biblical literacy and fluency and be able to explain the difference between them

• Explain how, perhaps surprisingly, Scripture’s concern with proper procedure closely mirrors that of the scientific method

• Define what an “authenticated voice” is and the role it plays in providing confident knowing

• Explain what words or phrases are better suited to use in the context of Hebraic thinking than our concept of “true” and “false”

• Defend the idea that the New Testament is Hebraic thought extended into new times and circumstances

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and Course

Unit 1: The Problem: What Is Hebraic Thought and Why Does It Matter?

• Introduction to the Problem

• Hebraic Thought Is a Living Tradition

• Blinders to Our Understanding

• Quarrelers among Us

Unit 2: The Solution: Understanding the Conceptual World of the Biblical Authors

• Introduction to the Solution

• Misconceptions about the Bible

• Criteria for Mapping Hebraic Thought

• God of Reason and Reasonable Humans

Unit 3: How Do the Biblical Authors Communicate Hebraic Thought?

• Communicating Hebraic Thought

• The Style of Hebraic Thought

• Hebraic Style Is Pixelated

• Hebraic Style Is Networked

Unit 4: Biblical Literature as Philosophical Reasoning

• Philosophical Reasoning

• Narrative Reasoning

• Poetic Reasoning

• Legal Reasoning

Unit 5: Marks of Hebraic Thought: Mystery Is Foundational

• Distinctive Marks of Hebraic Thought

• The Mysterianist Conviction

• Connected to Creation

• Expected of All Israel

Unit 6: Marks of Hebraic Thought: Knowledge through Ritual

• Final Distinctive Mark of Hebraic Thought

• Ritual Is Still Our Best Way to Understand

• Ritual Knowing in Scripture

Unit 7: Scripture Literacy and Fluency

• Observations Derived from Understanding the Hebraic Philosophical Style

• Literacy

• Attempts at Literacy and Fluency Gone Wrong

• Turn Down the Volume of Present Voices and Turn Up the Volume of Biblical Voices

Unit 8: Guidance, Calling, and the Word of the Lord

• Tracing Hebraic Thinking: Guidance, Calling, and the Word of the Lord

• Confidence in Knowing Is Key to Understanding Calling

• Confident Knowing in the Ancient Near East

• Confident Knowing in the New Testament

Unit 9: Justice and Retribution

• Hebraic Thinking on Justice and Retribution

• Legal Reasoning and Hebraic Law in the Context of the Ancient Near East

• The Laws of Torah Functioning as Wisdom

• Injustice as Abusing Eyes and Teeth, Part 1

• Injustice as Abusing Eyes and Teeth, Part 2

Unit 10: Truth, Fake News, and Conspiracy Theories

• Comparing the Categories

• The Biblical Use of “Truth” and the Justification of “Truth”

• Encountering Fake News

• Conspiracy Theories and Our Emotional Need for Certainty

Unit 11: Knowledge, Wisdom, and Science

• What Does It Mean to Know Something?

• Who Knows What, and How? Part 1

• Who Knows What, and How? Part 2

• Rituals Are for Discernment

• Hebraic Ritual and Scientific Ritual

Unit 12: A Difference That Endured

• Hebraic Thought Continues into Our World

• Hebraic Thought Was Unique in the Ancient World

• Fingerprints of Hebraic Thought

Unit 13: Lingering Questions

• The Philosophical Tradition of Hebraic Thought

• Did Jesus Engage Graeco-Roman Thought?

• Was Paul the First Christian Philosopher?

• Is Hebraic Thought Just Another Term for Biblical Theology?

Conclusion to the Course

• What I Hope You Learned
  
  

Details

• Title: Introducing Hebraic Thought: A Biblical Philosophy of Truth

• Instructor: Dru Johnson

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2021

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 7