00:00:00 - Intro and housekeeping

00:02:47 - How Dru made JM’s day at SBL!

00:04:54 - Trained as a theologian; working as a Hebrew Bible scholar?

00:06:44 - Biblical authors’ use of surrounding cultural concepts and Dru’s upcoming book on the Torah & Darwinism

00:12:37 - How Scripture speaks to issues that it doesn’t specifically address

00:13:55 - What is the “Center for Hebraic Thought”?

00:16:31 - the Old Testament, Incarceration, Sex, and Ecology!

00:20:03 - The challenge of assessing Biblical Literacy 00:25:06 - ‘Our Daily Bread’ and the problem with daily devotionals among younger generations

00:28:06 - Biblical Literacy vs. Biblical Fluency

00:36:04 - The problem with “Microdosing” Scripture (BONUS EXCURSUS: Dru’s disagreement with L. Michael Morales and N.T. Wright on Biblical ‘symbolism’!)

00:48:08 - Quiet Time as an “Evangelical Sacrament” and its surprisingly modern origin

00:53:42 - The Scofield Bible’s influence

01:03:26 - The Aurality of Scripture and why it’s important to HEAR and DISCUSS the Bible

01:17:16 - How some modern devotional reading can tend toward Ouija/magic ritual

01:24:17 - How tone of voice can affect meaning and the need to carefully assess various literary aspects of Scripture

01:30:39 - “But this just seems like TOO MUCH WORK!” (growing in Biblical literacy)

01:33:04 - Ways we can “shift the devotional center of gravity” toward communal Bible engagement

01:52:06 - Outro

Dru and Celina’s article can be found at: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/april/quit-quiet-time-devotions-bible-literacy-reading-scripture.html

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