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Jul 2017
2h 41m

Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, ...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Lecture 4 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories lecture series I turned my attention in this lecture to the older of the two creation accounts in Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve. In its few short paragraphs, it covers: the emergence of human self-consciousness; mankind's attendant realization of vulnerability, mortality, and death; the ... Show More
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