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As Princeton scholar Donald Capps says in the Foreword, decades from now, our successors will surely wonder how such a monumental undertaking as these four volumes on psychology and the Bible could have ever come about. These books provide the first comprehensive portrait from a relatively new field that combines psychological analysis with biblical studies. Thirty-four experts from seven countries gather here to show us how the various schools of psychology interpret the scriptures, from sexual laws and beliefs about shame to the personalities of Jesus, Job, and the prophet Ezekiel. A range of psychological perspectives from Freud to Kohut is chronicled, demonstrating a broad spectrum of applications from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
The first volume, "From Freud to Kohut," explains how 14 different psychological schools-including Freudian psychology, Jungian psychology, developmental and social psychology, and post traumatic stress disorder theory-view the scriptures. The second volume, "From Genesis to Apocalyptic Vision" applies psychological theory to interpreting the Hebrew Bible. The third volume, "From Gospels to Gnostic," provides psychological insights on the New Testament, including the parables of Jesus and the book of Revelation. And the final volume, "From Christ to Jesus," focuses on the new field of psychological inquiry into the Gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.
"Psychological approaches to the Bible, always popular with the general reader but rather out of fashion of late among the cognoscenti, receive in this anthology a welcome, rigorous, and refreshing revival."-Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize recipient author of God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God
| Foreword | |
| Series foreword | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Reading the Bible in three dimensions : psychological biblical interpretation | p. 17 |
| Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible : Freud's lens | p. 33 |
| Jung, analytical psychology, and the Bible | p. 75 |
| Theissen's integration of psychology and New Testament studies : learning theory, psychodynamics, and cognitive psychology | p. 101 |
| Developmental psychology in biblical studies | p. 119 |
| Winnicott's squiggle game and biblical interpretation | p. 139 |
| Gospel narrative and psychoanalytic criticism : Peter Brooks, Norman Holland, and Jacques Lacan | p. 153 |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder and vicarious atonement in the second Isaiah | p. 167 |
| Family systems psychology as hermeneutic | p. 185 |
| A romantic psychologist reads the Bible : Eugen Drewermann | p. 209 |
| The psychosymbolic approach to biblical interpretation | p. 225 |
| Jewish and Christian messianism : the psychoanalytic approach of Heinz Kohut | p. 247 |
| The Bible and psychology : an interdisciplinary pilgrimage | p. 277 |
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ISBN: 9780275983475
ISBN-10: 0275983471
Series: Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
Audience:
General
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 1512
Published: 30th December 2004
Publisher: ABC-Clio
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5
x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.634
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