Explains how 14 different psychological schools view the scriptures. Applies psychological theory to interpreting the Hebrew Bible. Provides psychological insights on the New Testament, including the parables of Jesus and the book of Revelation. Focuses on the new file of psychological inquiry into the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life.

Volume I Foreword Series Foreword 1 Introduction 2 Reading the Bible in Three Dimensions: Psychological Biblical Interpretation 3 Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible: Freuds Lens 4 Jung, Analytical Psychology, and the Bible 5 Theissens Integration of Psychology and New Testament Studies: Learning Theory, Psychodynamics, and Cognitive Psychology 6 Developmental Psychology in Biblical Studies 7 Winnicotts Squiggle Game and Biblical Interpretation 8 Gospel Narrative and Psychoanalytic Criticism: Peter Brooks, Norman Holland, and Jacques Lacan 9 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Vicarious Atonement in the Second Isaiah 10 Family Systems Psychology as Hermeneutic 11 A Romantic Psychologist Reads the Bible: Eugen Drewermann 12 The Psychosymbolic Approach to Biblical Interpretation 13 Jewish and Christian Messianism: The Psychoanalytic Approach of Heinz Kohut 14 The Bible and Psychology: An Interdisciplinary Pilgrimage Glossary Index About the Contributors About the Series Editor and Advisers Volume II Foreword Series Foreword 1 Introduction 2 Wrestling with God: Psychological Insights in Bible Study 3 The Psychodynamics of the Fall Story: Genesis 2:253:24 4 What Is Wrong with This Picture? Daughters and Fathers in Genesis 5 Jacob: A Study in Individuation 6 A Psychological Approach to the Book of Jonah 7 Lady Wisdom: A Polytheistic and Psychological Interpretation of a Biblical Goddess 8 Psychotherapeutic Change in the Book of Job 9 Reading the Prophecies of Jeremiah through a Psychoanalytic Lens 10 Psychoanalyzing Ezekiel 11 An Adequate Psychological Approach to the Book of Ezekiel 12 Traumatizing Ezekiel, the Exilic Prophet 13 Whats in a Name? That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet: Gods Name, Lacan, and the Ultimate Phallus 14 The Day of the L from a Jungian Perspective: Amos 5:1820 15 Role and Selfhood in Hebrew Prophecy 16 Because of My Grief I Have Spoken: The Psychology of Loss in 4 Ezra 17 The Visionary Practices of Jewish Apocalyptists Glossary Index About the Contributors About the Series Editor and Advisers Volume III Foreword Series Foreword 1 Introduction 2 Snagged by the Seat of My Pants While Reading the Bible 3 Object Relations Theory and Mark 15:3339: Interpreting Ourselves Interpreting the Bible 4 The Parable and the Centered Self: Ericksons Confusion Technique as Hermeneutic for the Stories of Jesus 5 Coping with the Death of Jesus: The Gospels and the Theory of Grief Work 6 Reading Mark for the Pleasure of Fantasy 7 The Psychology of Johannine Symbolism 8 The Cognitive Origins of Johns Unitive and Disunitive Christology 9 A Psychodynamic Approach to 2 Corinthians 1013 10 Differentiation in the Family of Faith: The Prodigal Son and Galatians 12 11 Pauls Letter to the Galatians in Social-Psychological Perspective 12 Revelation 17: The Apocalypse as Psychic Drama 13 Psychological Aspects of Biblical Apocalypticism 14 The Bible and the Psychology of Shame 15 Biblical Imagery and Psychological Likeness 16 Psyche, Soul, and Self in Historical and Contemporary Perspective 17 Begotten, Not Created: The Gnostic Use of Language in Jungian Perspective Glossary Index About the Contributors About the Series Editor and Advisers Volume IV Foreword Series Foreword 1 Introduction 2 From Christ to Jesus: The Jesus Quest 3 Psychobiography: A New and Challenging Methodology in Jesus Research 4 A Psychobiography of Jesus 5 Jesus: A Psychological and Historical Portrait 6 Beyond Schweitzer and the Psychiatrists: Jesus as Fictive Personality 7 Jay Haleys Psychological Portrait of Jesus: A Power Tactician 8 Erik Eriksons Psychological Portrait of Jesus: Jesus as Numinous Presence 9 The Original Impulse of Jesus 10 Social Identity, Status Envy, and Jesus as Fatherless Child 11 A Way Forward in the Scientific Investigation of Gospel Traditions: Cognitive-Critical Analysis 12 The Myth of History and the Evolution of Consciousness: A Jesus Scholar in Psychological Perspective 13 Jesus and Transformation 14 The Bible and the Alchemy of Language in Psychological Perspective Glossary Index About the Contributors About the Series Editor and Advisers

From the destructive power of religion to the healing power of spirituality, books in the Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality series examine all facets of how formal and informal faith and worship affect-and are affected by-our minds, emotions, and behaviors. Top scholars address subjects that have included sex in the Bible, the spirituality of sex, the religion and science of miracles, theories explaining evil, how belief in a benevolent god spurs health, and how our beliefs and behaviors regarding death and grief are changing remarkably.