The Psychological Significance Of The Biblical Stories: Genesis

The Psychological Significance Of The Biblical Stories: Genesis

تأليف : Jordan B. Peterson

النوعية : علم النفس

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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. Peterson

1. Introduction to the Idea of God
2. Genesis: Chaos and Order
3. God and the Hierarchy of Authority
4. Adam and Eve – Self-Consciousness, Evil and Death
5. Cain and Abel – The Hostile Brothers
6. The Psychology of the Flood
7. Walking with God: Noah and the Flood
8. The Phenomenology of the Divine
9. The Call to Abraham
10. Abraham: Father of Nations
11. Sodom and Gomorrah
12. The Great Sacrifice
13. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 1
14. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 2
15. Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

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. Peterson

1. Introduction to the Idea of God
2. Genesis: Chaos and Order
3. God and the Hierarchy of Authority
4. Adam and Eve – Self-Consciousness, Evil and Death
5. Cain and Abel – The Hostile Brothers
6. The Psychology of the Flood
7. Walking with God: Noah and the Flood
8. The Phenomenology of the Divine
9. The Call to Abraham
10. Abraham: Father of Nations
11. Sodom and Gomorrah
12. The Great Sacrifice
13. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 1
14. Jacob’s Ladder: Pt. 2
15. Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, self-help writer, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are in abnormal, social, and personality psychology, with a particular interest in the psychology of religious and ideological belief, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance. Peterson grew up in Fairview, Alberta. He earned a B.A. degree in political science in 1982 and a degree in psychology in 1984, both from the University of Alberta, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University in 1991. He remained at McGill as a post-doctoral fellow for two years before moving to Massachusetts, where he worked as an assistant and an associate professor in the psychology department at Harvard University. In 1998, he moved to the University of Toronto as a full professor. He authored Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief in 1999, a work in which examined several academic fields to describe the structure of systems of beliefs and myths, their role in the regulation of emotion, creation of meaning, and motivation for genocide. In 2016, Peterson released a series of videos on his YouTube channel in which he criticized the Canadian government's Bill C-16. He subsequently became involved in several public debates about the bill that received significant media coverage.
Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist, self-help writer, cultural critic, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are in abnormal, social, and personality psychology, with a particular interest in the psychology of religious and ideological belief, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance. Peterson grew up in Fairview, Alberta. He earned a B.A. degree in political science in 1982 and a degree in psychology in 1984, both from the University of Alberta, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from McGill University in 1991. He remained at McGill as a post-doctoral fellow for two years before moving to Massachusetts, where he worked as an assistant and an associate professor in the psychology department at Harvard University. In 1998, he moved to the University of Toronto as a full professor. He authored Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief in 1999, a work in which examined several academic fields to describe the structure of systems of beliefs and myths, their role in the regulation of emotion, creation of meaning, and motivation for genocide. In 2016, Peterson released a series of videos on his YouTube channel in which he criticized the Canadian government's Bill C-16. He subsequently became involved in several public debates about the bill that received significant media coverage.