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Brent A. Strawn
D. Moody Smith Distinguished Professor of the Old Testament
Divinity School
Bstrawn@div.duke.edu
407 Chapel Drive, Internal Box #90968, Durham, NC 27708
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Published April 14, 2025
NEH Grant for ‘Nerdy Bible Language Students‘
Published January 22, 2025
From Philosophy to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Duke Authors Cover Big Topics
Published June 22, 2023
Hot Off the Press: Summer Reading From Duke Authors
Published May 18, 2022
University Awards 24 New Distinguished Professorships
Published February 23, 2021
February Books: Brent Strawn "Lies My Preacher told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament"
Published September 1, 2020
Brent Strawn on Why the Old Testament Still Matters
Published April 3, 2020
Extra Credit: Why Modern Culture Keeps Referencing the Bible
Published December 1, 2019
Brent Strawn: Reintroducing the Old Testament
Published October 15, 2019
New Faculty, Bold Thinking