Dru Johnson
@drujohnson.com
Sr Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, U of Oxford
Dir, Center for HebraicThought.org
Dir, Abrahamic Theistic Origins Project
Adjunct, Hope College
Co-host, OnScript || OnScript.study
My books at druJohnson.com/page/
Dir, Center for HebraicThought.org
Dir, Abrahamic Theistic Origins Project
Adjunct, Hope College
Co-host, OnScript || OnScript.study
My books at druJohnson.com/page/
My New Book: Understanding Biblical Law
YouTube video by Dru Johnson
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November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Book launch, Holland, MI, Nov 3
(RSVP at this link: www.facebook.com/events/15901...)
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October 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Book launch, Holland, MI, Nov 3
(RSVP at this link: www.facebook.com/events/15901...)
(RSVP at this link: www.facebook.com/events/15901...)
Talking to HB/OT scholars about their methods. I put the same set of texts to Walton as I did Berman last week.
Who should I do next?
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/cult...
Who should I do next?
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/cult...
Cultural Rivers, Order, and Covenant: Tools For Reading Scripture Well (John Walton) Ep. #222 | The Biblical Mind
thebiblicalmind.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Talking to HB/OT scholars about their methods. I put the same set of texts to Walton as I did Berman last week.
Who should I do next?
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/cult...
Who should I do next?
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/cult...
RIGHT NOW only $15 through @BakerAcademic's website.
Sorry to be so annoying, but that's 40% off for a pre-order (if you were already considering buying the book).
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Sorry to be so annoying, but that's 40% off for a pre-order (if you were already considering buying the book).
bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
Understanding Biblical Law
We tend to be perplexed by the psalmists who express delight in God's laws. We see biblical law as a long list of rules with harsh punishments, and the more we read the biblical law within modern lega...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
RIGHT NOW only $15 through @BakerAcademic's website.
Sorry to be so annoying, but that's 40% off for a pre-order (if you were already considering buying the book).
bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
Sorry to be so annoying, but that's 40% off for a pre-order (if you were already considering buying the book).
bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
Check this @theatlantic.com database to see if you might be one of the authors due compensation from the Anthropic settlement.
I had 7 titles on their list!!
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I had 7 titles on their list!!
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Check this @theatlantic.com database to see if you might be one of the authors due compensation from the Anthropic settlement.
I had 7 titles on their list!!
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I had 7 titles on their list!!
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
For those who want to turn off Google's AI Overview in your searches (it's tricky), but this site's advice actually worked.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For those who want to turn off Google's AI Overview in your searches (it's tricky), but this site's advice actually worked.
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
tenbluelinks.org#chrome-windows
It's catalog official!
online.flippingbook.com/view/1935257...
online.flippingbook.com/view/1935257...
Baker Academic Fall 2025 Catalog
online.flippingbook.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's catalog official!
online.flippingbook.com/view/1935257...
online.flippingbook.com/view/1935257...
Skip that fancy-schmancy @nytimes.com podcast interview with Yoram Hazony! Listen to our follow up discussion where we include questions from listeners!
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/trib...
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/trib...
Tribes, States, & Empires: Scripture’s Vision for a Virtuous Political Order (Yoram Hazony) Ep. #212 | The Biblical Mind
thebiblicalmind.org
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Skip that fancy-schmancy @nytimes.com podcast interview with Yoram Hazony! Listen to our follow up discussion where we include questions from listeners!
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/trib...
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/trib...
Should a Christian ever join the U.S. military?
Combat veterans (one USMC special ops) discuss the many thorny answers to that question.
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/the-...
Combat veterans (one USMC special ops) discuss the many thorny answers to that question.
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/the-...
Just War, Christianity, and The Call to Serve: The Ethics of Military Service (Darren Duke) Ep #211 | The Biblical Mind
thebiblicalmind.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Should a Christian ever join the U.S. military?
Combat veterans (one USMC special ops) discuss the many thorny answers to that question.
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/the-...
Combat veterans (one USMC special ops) discuss the many thorny answers to that question.
thebiblicalmind.org/podcast/the-...
Join our Hebraic Thought Community over on Facebook and then join us on Zoom in about 20 minutes for the public reading of Scripture (listening really).
LINK: bit.ly/3ZfDxDJ
LINK: bit.ly/3ZfDxDJ
June 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join our Hebraic Thought Community over on Facebook and then join us on Zoom in about 20 minutes for the public reading of Scripture (listening really).
LINK: bit.ly/3ZfDxDJ
LINK: bit.ly/3ZfDxDJ
If you've never heard or read Andy Judd before, then you are in for a TREAT! Also, I enjoyed making fun of Ausies for the first few minutes too (mockery is only available in the audio version).
youtu.be/-A6xBeuKNtc?...
youtu.be/-A6xBeuKNtc?...
Is Abraham a Hero or a Warning? How Genre Makes or Breaks Your Bible Reading (Andy Judd) Ep. #202
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
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May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If you've never heard or read Andy Judd before, then you are in for a TREAT! Also, I enjoyed making fun of Ausies for the first few minutes too (mockery is only available in the audio version).
youtu.be/-A6xBeuKNtc?...
youtu.be/-A6xBeuKNtc?...
One WEEK FROM TODAY! Hope family and friends can stop by and wish the old man a happy 80th!
April 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
One WEEK FROM TODAY! Hope family and friends can stop by and wish the old man a happy 80th!
If you're in west Michigan, sign up and come hang out with us and Genesis (it's FREE; April 25-26)
hebraicthought.org/the-bible-th...
hebraicthought.org/the-bible-th...
The Bible Thinks Workshop - The Center for Hebraic Thought
Register now for our latest Bible Thinks Workshop located at Hope College on April 25th-26th to discuss how the Bible’s...
hebraicthought.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you're in west Michigan, sign up and come hang out with us and Genesis (it's FREE; April 25-26)
hebraicthought.org/the-bible-th...
hebraicthought.org/the-bible-th...
The coming issue of Philosophia Christi contains a symposium on my Cambridge University Press book with Esther Lightcap Meek, Michael W. Austin, Dolores Griffin Morris, and Ryan Mullins. What an ensemble!
March 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The coming issue of Philosophia Christi contains a symposium on my Cambridge University Press book with Esther Lightcap Meek, Michael W. Austin, Dolores Griffin Morris, and Ryan Mullins. What an ensemble!
You can now pre-order my book: UNDERSTANDING BIBLICAL LAW (if you are so inclined).
bakeracademic.com/p/Understand...
bakeracademic.com/p/Understand...
March 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You can now pre-order my book: UNDERSTANDING BIBLICAL LAW (if you are so inclined).
bakeracademic.com/p/Understand...
bakeracademic.com/p/Understand...
WOW! Ryan Mullins dedicated an entire episode to extending the basic thesis of my book BIBLICAL PHILOSOPHY into the doctrine of God (& the sassy objections at the end had me LOL'ing on my walk to work this morning).
"If Johnson is correct, classical theism is wrong."
open.spotify.com/episode/2q27...
"If Johnson is correct, classical theism is wrong."
open.spotify.com/episode/2q27...
Ep. 166 Hebraic Philosophy, Systematic Theology, and the Doctrine of God
The Reluctant Theologian Podcast · Episode
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February 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
WOW! Ryan Mullins dedicated an entire episode to extending the basic thesis of my book BIBLICAL PHILOSOPHY into the doctrine of God (& the sassy objections at the end had me LOL'ing on my walk to work this morning).
"If Johnson is correct, classical theism is wrong."
open.spotify.com/episode/2q27...
"If Johnson is correct, classical theism is wrong."
open.spotify.com/episode/2q27...
Using the lens of police training, I talk about why the Old Testament (and NT too) might teach a special love for family (as JD Vance suggested) that trains us to love the outsider, even when we're forcefully arresting them (what Vance didn't consider).
hebraicthought.org/police-refor...
hebraicthought.org/police-refor...
The Key Biblical Principle for Police Reform? Humane Imagination
Police reform won’t become what we want it to be until we retrieve an ancient biblical notion of humanity.
hebraicthought.org
February 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Using the lens of police training, I talk about why the Old Testament (and NT too) might teach a special love for family (as JD Vance suggested) that trains us to love the outsider, even when we're forcefully arresting them (what Vance didn't consider).
hebraicthought.org/police-refor...
hebraicthought.org/police-refor...
We cleaned up the audio problems and reposted.
youtu.be/lQ9TDZND8Lo?...
youtu.be/lQ9TDZND8Lo?...
Q&A: How Should I Read The Bible? (HINT - You're Doing It WRONG)
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
youtu.be
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We cleaned up the audio problems and reposted.
youtu.be/lQ9TDZND8Lo?...
youtu.be/lQ9TDZND8Lo?...
A short argument for LISTENING TO rather than READING the Bible.
This is a summary of the paper I gave at a conference (SBL/AAR 2024) titled: "The Audible Word as a Place: Recovering the Natural Habitat of Scripture"
youtu.be/uJkT5MnI0dw?...
This is a summary of the paper I gave at a conference (SBL/AAR 2024) titled: "The Audible Word as a Place: Recovering the Natural Habitat of Scripture"
youtu.be/uJkT5MnI0dw?...
Listening to the Bible: Why Scripture Was Meant to Be Heard (Dru Johnson) Ep. #188
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
youtu.be
February 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A short argument for LISTENING TO rather than READING the Bible.
This is a summary of the paper I gave at a conference (SBL/AAR 2024) titled: "The Audible Word as a Place: Recovering the Natural Habitat of Scripture"
youtu.be/uJkT5MnI0dw?...
This is a summary of the paper I gave at a conference (SBL/AAR 2024) titled: "The Audible Word as a Place: Recovering the Natural Habitat of Scripture"
youtu.be/uJkT5MnI0dw?...
Rabbi Shai Held talks about prioritizing love for one's family over loving the person in another country. IDK JD Vance's political point, but don't throw the baby out w/ the bath water by Christian knee-jerks regarding the Torah's commands to love!
youtu.be/F0c0Nty2IuQ?...
youtu.be/F0c0Nty2IuQ?...
"Judaism is About Love" an Interview w/ Rabbi Dr. Shai Held pt 2 Podcast Ep #179
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rabbi Shai Held talks about prioritizing love for one's family over loving the person in another country. IDK JD Vance's political point, but don't throw the baby out w/ the bath water by Christian knee-jerks regarding the Torah's commands to love!
youtu.be/F0c0Nty2IuQ?...
youtu.be/F0c0Nty2IuQ?...
I have been profoundly enjoying doing these interviews for The Biblical Mind. This is another banger with @matthewhalsted.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDv...
The Rapture, the Mark of the Beast, & Christian Eschatology—Fact & Fiction (Matt Halsted) Ep. #187
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
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February 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have been profoundly enjoying doing these interviews for The Biblical Mind. This is another banger with @matthewhalsted.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRDv...
In English, com legendas em português!
All great questions from Brazilian scholars. Answers were meh.
youtu.be/Xcahmf-QoZo?...
All great questions from Brazilian scholars. Answers were meh.
youtu.be/Xcahmf-QoZo?...
DARWIN E A BÍBLIA [com Dru Johnson] | ENTRE MUNDUS #19
YouTube video by Cristãos na Ciência
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February 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In English, com legendas em português!
All great questions from Brazilian scholars. Answers were meh.
youtu.be/Xcahmf-QoZo?...
All great questions from Brazilian scholars. Answers were meh.
youtu.be/Xcahmf-QoZo?...
I'm very proud to be a professor in this program. It's made me re-learn how to teach, which has been good.
youtu.be/XkDYgd_Okf4?...
youtu.be/XkDYgd_Okf4?...
Hope-Western Prison Education Program | Overview
YouTube video by Hope College
youtu.be
February 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm very proud to be a professor in this program. It's made me re-learn how to teach, which has been good.
youtu.be/XkDYgd_Okf4?...
youtu.be/XkDYgd_Okf4?...
This is bait to go watch the whole episode (or listen to it!).
www.youtube.com/shorts/mxWqN...
www.youtube.com/shorts/mxWqN...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr & the Prophet Amos
YouTube video by The Biblical Mind
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February 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is bait to go watch the whole episode (or listen to it!).
www.youtube.com/shorts/mxWqN...
www.youtube.com/shorts/mxWqN...
This is the podcast we needed. @paulthomasloan and @lllogannnnn keep it short and sweet, but sisters and brothers, do NOT miss the truths they are laying down!
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Jesus and Jewish Law
Christianity Podcast · 2 Episodes · Updated Biweekly
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the podcast we needed. @paulthomasloan and @lllogannnnn keep it short and sweet, but sisters and brothers, do NOT miss the truths they are laying down!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...