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Psychology and the Bible A New Way to Read the Scriptures
J. Harold Ellens, Wayne G. Rollins, ed.
ISBN: 0-275-98347-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98347-5
1315 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2004
List Price: $329.95 (UK Sterling Price: £227.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume I
    Foreword
    Series Foreword
    1 Introduction
    2 Reading the Bible in Three Dimensions: Psychological Biblical Interpretation
    3 Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible: Freuds Lens
    4 Jung, Analytical Psychology, and the Bible
    5 Theissens Integration of Psychology and New Testament Studies: Learning Theory, Psychodynamics, and Cognitive Psychology
    6 Developmental Psychology in Biblical Studies
    7 Winnicotts Squiggle Game and Biblical Interpretation
    8 Gospel Narrative and Psychoanalytic Criticism: Peter Brooks, Norman Holland, and Jacques Lacan
    9 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Vicarious Atonement in the Second Isaiah
    10 Family Systems Psychology as Hermeneutic
    11 A Romantic Psychologist Reads the Bible: Eugen Drewermann
    12 The Psychosymbolic Approach to Biblical Interpretation
    13 Jewish and Christian Messianism: The Psychoanalytic Approach of Heinz Kohut
    14 The Bible and Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Pilgrimage
    Glossary
    Index
    About the Contributors
    About the Series Editor and Advisers
    Volume II
    Foreword
    Series Foreword
    1 Introduction
    2 Wrestling with God: Psychological Insights in Bible Study
    3 The Psychodynamics of the Fall Story: Genesis 2:253:24
    4 What Is Wrong with This Picture? Daughters and Fathers in Genesis
    5 Jacob: A Study in Individuation
    6 A Psychological Approach to the Book of Jonah
    7 Lady Wisdom: A Polytheistic and Psychological Interpretation of a Biblical Goddess
    8 Psychotherapeutic Change in the Book of Job
    9 Reading the Prophecies of Jeremiah through a Psychoanalytic Lens
    10 Psychoanalyzing Ezekiel
    11 An Adequate Psychological Approach to the Book of Ezekiel
    12 Traumatizing Ezekiel, the Exilic Prophet
    13 Whats in a Name? That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet: Gods Name, Lacan, and the Ultimate Phallus
    14 The Day of the L from a Jungian Perspective: Amos 5:1820
    15 Role and Selfhood in Hebrew Prophecy
    16 Because of My Grief I Have Spoken: The Psychology of Loss in 4 Ezra
    17 The Visionary Practices of Jewish Apocalyptists
    Glossary
    Index
    About the Contributors
    About the Series Editor and Advisers
    Volume III
    Foreword
    Series Foreword
    1 Introduction
    2 Snagged by the Seat of My Pants While Reading the Bible
    3 Object Relations Theory and Mark 15:3339: Interpreting Ourselves Interpreting the Bible
    4 The Parable and the Centered Self: Ericksons Confusion Technique as Hermeneutic for the Stories of Jesus
    5 Coping with the Death of Jesus: The Gospels and the Theory of Grief Work
    6 Reading Mark for the Pleasure of Fantasy
    7 The Psychology of Johannine Symbolism
    8 The Cognitive Origins of Johns Unitive and Disunitive Christology
    9 A Psychodynamic Approach to 2 Corinthians 1013
    10 Differentiation in the Family of Faith: The Prodigal Son and Galatians 12
    11 Pauls Letter to the Galatians in Social-Psychological Perspective
    12 Revelation 17: The Apocalypse as Psychic Drama
    13 Psychological Aspects of Biblical Apocalypticism
    14 The Bible and the Psychology of Shame
    15 Biblical Imagery and Psychological Likeness
    16 Psyche, Soul, and Self in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
    17 Begotten, Not Created: The Gnostic Use of Language in Jungian Perspective
    Glossary
    Index
    About the Contributors
    About the Series Editor and Advisers
    Volume IV
    Foreword
    Series Foreword
    1 Introduction
    2 From Christ to Jesus: The Jesus Quest
    3 Psychobiography: A New and Challenging Methodology in Jesus Research
    4 A Psychobiography of Jesus
    5 Jesus: A Psychological and Historical Portrait
    6 Beyond Schweitzer and the Psychiatrists: Jesus as Fictive Personality
    7 Jay Haleys Psychological Portrait of Jesus: A Power Tactician
    8 Erik Eriksons Psychological Portrait of Jesus: Jesus as Numinous Presence
    9 The Original Impulse of Jesus
    10 Social Identity, Status Envy, and Jesus as Fatherless Child
    11 A Way Forward in the Scientific Investigation of Gospel Traditions: Cognitive-Critical Analysis
    12 The Myth of History and the Evolution of Consciousness: A Jesus Scholar in Psychological Perspective
    13 Jesus and Transformation
    14 The Bible and the Alchemy of Language in Psychological Perspective
    Glossary
    Index
    About the Contributors
    About the Series Editor and Advisers
About the Author: J. HAROLD ELLENS is Editor for the Praeger Series in Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. He is a Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Department of Near Eastern Studies, a retired Presbyterian theologian, an ordained minister, a retired U.S. Army Colonel and a retired Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology. He served 15 years as Executive Director of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, and was Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity. He has authored, coauthored, or edited 164 books, including The Destructive Power of Religion, 4 volumes (Praeger, 2004).

WAYNE G. ROLLINS is Adjunct Professor of Scripture at Hartford Seminary and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Assumption College. He received his Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Yale University and is Founder and Chair of the Society of Biblical Literature Section on Psychology and Biblical Studies.
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