Stephen Spector, "God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis" (Jewish Publication Society, 2026)

Podcast: New Books in Biblical Studies · Marshall Poe

Opublikowano: 2026-06-12

What if the book of Genesis is not only the story of humanity’s first family, but also the story of God learning how to parent? In this episode, Rabbi Marc Katz sits down with Stephen Spector to discuss his book God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis (Jewish Publication Society, 2026), a provocative reexamination of the Bible’s foundational stories through the lens of parenting. Drawing on both biblical interpretation and contemporary psychology, Spector explores how God’s relationship with the patriarchs and matriarchs evolves throughout Genesis. God begins as a demanding...