Lecture 5 of 17 · Biblical Series: Genesis
V: Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers
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The story of the first brothers. Peterson contrasts Abel’s properly made sacrifice with Cain’s, whose failure turns into resentment, arrogance and, finally, murder.
Genesis
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Jordan B. Peterson
Genesis · 17 lectures
The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories
17 lectures
I: Introduction to the Idea of God
II: Genesis 1: Chaos & Order
III: God and the Hierarchy of Authority
IV: Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and DeathV: Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers
VI: The Psychology of the Flood
VII: Walking with God: Noah and the Flood
VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine
Abrahamic Stories, with Matthieu & Jonathan Pageau
IX: The Call to Abraham
X: Abraham: Father of Nations
XI: Sodom and Gomorrah
XII: The Great Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac
XIII: Jacob’s Ladder
XIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God
XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors
The Death and Resurrection of Christ: A Five-Part Commentary