Short (5-20 mins)
Philosophy
Orthodox
How ancient Christians read the Bible - David Bentley Hart
Theologian
David Bentley Hart
Duration
11.43
Uploaded to YouTube
26 January 2013
Added to Database
18 October 2025
YouTube description
Another excerpt from David Bentley Hart's brilliant lecture.
See the full lecture here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOShHXaqt0M
David Bentley Hart is an Eastern Orthodox theologian, philosopher, and patristics scholar. Hart was educated at the University of Maryland, the University of Cambridge and the University of Virginia. He has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota), Duke Divinity School, and Loyola College in Maryland.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams described David Bentley Hart as "a theologian of exceptional quality, but also a brilliant stylist."
