Lecture 13 of 17 · Biblical Series: Genesis

XII: The Great Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac

Jordan B. Peterson · 2h 33m · English

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The binding of Isaac. Peterson frames sacrifice as the exchange of the present for the future and asks what the greatest sacrifice, and the greatest gain, might be.

Genesis

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Jordan B. Peterson

Genesis · 17 lectures

The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories

17 lectures

Genesis: I: Introduction to the Idea of God

Lecture 1 · 2h 38mI: Introduction to the Idea of God

Lecture 2 · 2h 32mII: Genesis 1: Chaos & Order

Genesis: III: God and the Hierarchy of Authority

Lecture 3 · 2h 40mIII: God and the Hierarchy of Authority

Genesis: IV: Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death

Lecture 4 · 2h 32mIV: Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death

Genesis: V: Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers

Lecture 5 · 2h 31mV: Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers

Genesis: VI: The Psychology of the Flood

Lecture 6 · 2h 35mVI: The Psychology of the Flood

Genesis: VII: Walking with God: Noah and the Flood

Lecture 7 · 2h 32mVII: Walking with God: Noah and the Flood

Genesis: VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine

Lecture 8 · 2h 40mVIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine

Genesis: Abrahamic Stories, with Matthieu & Jonathan Pageau

Background 9 · 1h 25mAbrahamic Stories, with Matthieu & Jonathan Pageau

Lecture 10 · 2h 35mIX: The Call to Abraham

Lecture 11 · 2h 28mX: Abraham: Father of Nations

Lecture 12 · 2h 31mXI: Sodom and Gomorrah

Now playing · 2h 33mXII: The Great Sacrifice: Abraham and Isaac

Lecture 14 · 2h 33mXIII: Jacob’s Ladder

Lecture 15 · 2h 32mXIV: Jacob: Wrestling with God

Genesis: XV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Lecture 16 · 2h 44mXV: Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors

Genesis: The Death and Resurrection of Christ: A Five-Part Commentary

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