We Who Wrestle With God

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A structured exploration of biblical narratives and archetypal themes, tracing perceptions of the divine through key figures and episodes from creation, the fall, and sacrifice, to Noah, Babel, Abraham, and Moses. The content maps concepts such as pride, self-consciousness, tyranny, humility, resentment, freedom, and temptation across successive chapters, ending with a concluding synthesis.

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CategoryReligion & Spirituality

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Reading Time25 h 27 min

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Portfolio / Penguin An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC [penguinrandomhouse.com](penguinrandomhouse.com) Copyright © 2024 by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Penguin Random House values and supports copyright. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an authorized edition of this book and for complying with copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and allowing Penguin Random House to continue to publish books for every reader. Please note that no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Peterson, Jordan B., author. Title: We who wrestle with God: perceptions of the divine / Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. Description: New York: Portfolio, Penguin, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2024033137 (print) | LCCN 2024033138 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593542538 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593854013 (international edition) | ISBN 9780593542545 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Bible—History of Biblical events. Classification: LCC BS635.3 .P48 2024 (print) | LCC BS635.3 (ebook) | DDC 220.95—dc23/eng/20241010 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2024033137](https://lccn.loc.gov/2024033137) LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2024033138](https://lccn.loc.gov/2024033138) Ebook ISBN 9780593542545 Book design by Chris Welch, adapted for ebook by Kelly Brennan pid_prh_7.0_148844550_c0_r0 CONTENTS Dedication Frontispiece: Carrion Comfort Foreshadowing: The Still, Small Voice 1. IN THE BEGINNING 1.1. God as creative spirit 1.2. The spirit of man in the highest place 1.3. The real and its representation 1.4. Eve from Adam 1.5. In God’s image 2. ADAM, EVE, PRIDE, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE FALL 2.1. The image of God in the eternal garden 2.2. Pride versus the sacred moral order 2.3. The incompleteness of Adam and the arrival of Eve 2.4. The eternal sins of Eve and Adam 2.5. The eternal serpent 2.6. Naked suffering as the fruit of sin 2.7. Loss of Paradise and the flaming sword 3. CAIN, ABEL, AND SACRIFICE 3.1. The identity of sacrifice and work 3.2. The hostile brothers of good and evil 3.3. The sacred patterning of the political 3.4. The good shepherd as archetypal leader 3.5. The sacrifice pleasing to God 3.6. Creatively possessed by the spirit of resentment 3.7. Humility and faith versus pride, despair, and vengeful anger 3.8. Fratricide, then worse 4. NOAH: GOD AS THE CALL TO PREPARE 4.1. Giants in the land 4.2. Sin and the return of chaos 4.3. Salvation by the wise and the reestablishment of the world 4.4. The faithless son doomed to enslavement 5. THE TOWER OF BABEL: GOD VERSUS TYRANNY AND PRIDE 5.1. Lucife

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