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Psychology and the Bible : a new way to read the Scriptures
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Psychology and the Bible : a new way to read the Scriptures

Author: J Harold Ellens; Wayne G Rollins
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Series: Praeger Perspectives; Psychology, religion, and spirituality
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: J Harold Ellens; Wayne G Rollins
ISBN: 0275983471 9780275983475 027598348X 9780275983482 0275983498 9780275983499 0275983501 9780275983505 0275984621 9780275984625
OCLC Number: 55517968
Description: 4 v. ; 25 cm.
Contents: v. 1. From Freud to Kohut -- v. 2. From Genesis to apocalyptic vision -- v. 3. From Gospel to Gnostics -- v. 4. From Christ to Jesus. Contents of v. 1: Introduction / J. Harold Ellens and Wayne G. Rollins -- Reading the Bible in three dimensions : psychological biblical interpretation / D. Andrew Kille -- Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible : Freud's lens / Ilona Rashkow -- Jung, analytical psychology, and the Bible / Wayne G. Rollins -- Theissen's integration of psychology and New Testament studies : learning theory, psychodynamics, and cognitive psychology / Dieter Mitternacht -- Developmental psychology in biblical studies / Lyn M. Bechtel -- Winnicott's squiggle game and biblical interpretation / Ralph L. Underwood -- Gospel narrative and psychoanalytic criticism : Peter Brooks, Norman Holland, and Jacques Lacan / Petri Merenlahti -- Post-traumatic stress disorder and vicarious atonement in the Second Isaiah / William Morrow -- Family systems psychology as hermeneutic / Kamila Blessing -- A romantic psychologist reads the Bible : Eugen Drewermann / Bernhard Lang -- The psychosymbolic approach to biblical interpretation / Robert H. Neuwoehner -- Jewish and Christian messianism : the psychoanalytic approach of Heinz Kohut / Ithamar Gruenwald -- The Bible and psychology : an interdisciplinary pilgrimage / J. Harold Ellens. Contents of v. 2: Introduction / J. Harold Ellens and Wayne G. Robbins -- Wrestling with God : psychological insights in Bible study / Walter Wink -- The psychodynamics of the fall story : Genesis 2:25-3:24 / J. Harold Ellens -- What is wrong with this picture? : daughters and fathers in Genesis / Ilona Rashkow -- Jacob : a study in individuation / D. Andrew Kille -- A psychological approach to the book of Jonah / André LaCocque -- Lady Wisdom : a polytheistic and psychological interpretation of a biblical goddess / Bernhard Lang -- Psychotherapeutic change in the book of Job / Dan Merkur -- Reading the prophecies of Jeremiah through a psychoanalytic lens / Dan Merkur -- Psychoanalyzing Ezekiel / John J. Schmitt -- An adequate psychological approach to the book of Ezekiel / David Jobling -- Traumatizing Ezekiel, the exilic prophet / David G. Garber Jr. -- "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" : God's name, Lacan, and the ultimate phallus / Ilona Rashkow -- The day of the Lord from a Jungian perspective : Amos 5:18-20 / D. Andrew Kille -- Role and selfhood in Hebrew prophecy / Martin J. Buss -- "Because of my grief I have spoken" : the psychology of loss in 4 Ezra / Dereck Daschke -- The visionary practices of Jewish apocalyptists / Dan Merkur. Contents of v. 3: Introduction / J. Harold Ellens and Wayne G. Robbins -- Snagged by the seat of my pants while reading the Bible / Walter Wink -- Object relations theory and Mark 15:33-29 : interpreting ourselves interpreting the Bible / Ralph L. Underwood -- The parable and the centered self : Erickson's confusion technique as hermeneutic for the stories of Jesus / Kamila Blessing -- Coping with the death of Jesus : the Gospels and the theory of grief work / Kari Syreeni -- Reading Mark for the pleasure of fantasy / Petri Merenlahti -- The psychology of Johannine symbolism / Michael Willett Newheart -- The cognitive origins of John's unitive and disunitive Christology / Paul N. Anderson -- A psychodynamic approach to 2 Corinthians 10-13 / Anthony Bash -- Differentiation in the family of faith : the prodigal son and Galatians 1-2 / Kamila Blessing -- Paul's letter to the Galatians in social-psychological perspective / Dieter Mitternacht -- Revelation 17 : the apocalypse as psychic drama / Charles T. Davis III -- Psychological aspects of biblical apocalypticism / J. Harold Ellens -- The Bible and the psychology of shame / Jill L. McNish -- Biblical imagery and psychological likeness / David L. Miller -- Psyche, soul, and self in historical and contemporary perspective / Wayne G. Rollins -- "Begotten, not created" : the Gnostic use of language in Jungian perspective / Schuyler Brown. Contents of v. 4: Introduction / J. Harold Ellens and Wayne G. Robbins -- From Christ to Jesus : the Jesus quest / J. Harold Ellens -- Psychobiography : a new and challenging methodology in Jesus research / James H. Charlesworth -- A psychobiography of Jesus / Donald Capps -- Jesus : a psychological and historical portrait / John W. Miller -- Beyond Schweitzer and the psychiatrists : Jesus as fictive personality / Donald Capps -- Jay Haley's psychological portrait of Jesus : a power tactician / Donald Capps -- Erik Erikson's psychological portrait of Jesus : Jesus as numinous presence / Donald Capps -- The original impulse of Jesus / Walter Wink -- Social identity, status envy, and Jesus as fatherless child / Andries G. van Aarde -- A way forward in the scientific investigation of Gospel traditions : cognitive-critical analysis / Paul N. Anderson, J. Harold Ellens, and James W. Fowler -- The myth of history and the evolution of consciousness : a Jesus scholar in psychological perspective / Hal Childs -- Jesus and transformation / Paul N. Anderson -- The Bible and the alchemy of language in psychological perspective / Schuyler Brown.
Series Title: Praeger Perspectives; Psychology, religion, and spirituality
Responsibility: edited by J. Harold Ellens and Wayne G. Rollins ; foreword by Donald Capps.

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