Seeing Emergent Self-Awareness and Early Psychological Development in Bible Stories
Growing Up in Genesis
Seeing Emergent Self-Awareness and Early Psychological Development in Bible Stories
Growing Up in Genesis
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Description
This book shows how many of the behaviors, emotions, and developmental characteristics in young children are reflected in biblical narratives.
Royce Anderson examines several of the biblical stories that appear early in the Genesis primeval history, focusing on the cognitive and emotional aspects of psychological concepts such as self-awareness, theory of mind (awareness of others), empathy, moral and emotional development, and various characteristics of interpersonal relations and group dynamics. Across four chapters, this book seeks to propose and elaborate upon a three-way parallel seeing the emergence of self-awareness within three different contexts: the biblical context, the psychological context, and the archaeological context. By illuminating these familiar biblical stories through the lens of behavioral psychology-self-awareness (the Garden of Eden), moral development (Cain and Abel), ostracism (drunken Noah), and group cohesion (road to Emmaus)-Anderson contends that they gain deeper meaning and personal relevance when analyzed as both psychological variables and theological concepts.
Table of Contents
Prolegomenon: Origins of These Biblical Stories: a Brief Overview
1: The Garden of Eden: Emergent Self-Awareness
2: The Story of Cain: Towards Empathy
3: Noah and his Sons: Ostracism and Acceptance in Human Relationships
4: Self-Awareness, Eden, Mirrors, and Prehistory
Conclusion: Eden Parallels: Table 5.1
Postscript: Final Riffs
Product details
| Published | Dec 10 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781666941005 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Illustrations | 2 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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