Biblical Series VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine

In this lecture, Biblical Series VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine, Jordan B. Peterson continues in the next series of stories. Peterson attempts to determine how are we, as modern people, to make sense of the idea of the God who reveals himself to a personality. Full description.

In this lecture, Biblical Series VIII: The Phenomenology of the Divine, Jordan B. Peterson continues in the next series of stories. The Biblical patriarch Abram (later: Abraham) enters into a covenant with God. The history of Israel proper begins with these stories. Abram heeds the call to adventure, journeys courageously away from his country and family into the foreign and unknown, encounters the disasters of nature and the tyranny of mankind and maintains his relationship with the God who has sent him forth. He becomes in this manner a light in the world, and a father of nations.

How is this all to be understood? Peterson attempts in this lecture to determine precisely that. How are we, as modern people, to make sense of the idea of the God who reveals himself to a personality? How can we relate the details of the Abramic stories to our own lives, in the current world? In what frame of reference can these stories be seen to make sense, and to reveal their meaning?

Video published originally on Jul 27, 2017.

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