What Was the Biblical Authors’ Worldview?

How did the Torah come to be seen as a deeply sophisticated way of thinking about the world?

In this clip, Dr. Dru Johnson explains how his journey through pastoral ministry, philosophy, and sustained immersion in the Torah led him to see the biblical authors as engaged in serious intellectual reflection—not merely giving commands, but reasoning with their readers about justice, truth, knowledge, love, political life, and what it means to be a people.

Rather than imposing later theology or modern categories onto the text, Dr. Johnson argues that the Torah itself should be heard as an intellectual tradition with a coherent worldview—one that continues to speak into modern questions today.