The Psychological Significance Of The Biblical Stories: Genesis
About this book
The Bible is a series of books written, edited and assembled over thousands of years. It contains the most influential stories of mankind. Knowledge of those stories is essential to a deep understanding of Western culture, which is in turn vital to proper psychological health (as human beings are cultural animals) and societal stability. These stories are neither history, as we commonly conceive it, nor empirical science. Instead, they are investigations into the structure of Being itself and calls to action within that Being. They have deep psychological significance. This lecture series, starting with the very first book, will constitute an analysis of that significance.15-Part Lecture series by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson1. Introduction to the Idea of God2. Genesis: Chaos and Order3. God and the Hierarchy of Authority4. Adam and Eve – Self-Consciousness, Evil and Death5. Cain and Abel – The Hostile Brothers6. The Psychology of the Flood7. Walking with God: Noah and the Flood8. The Phenomenology of the Divine9. The Call to Abraham10. Abraham: Father of Nations11. Sodom and Gomorrah12. The Great Sacrifice13. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 114. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 215. Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors