Season 2 is here! In this episode: 
Isaac mourns the death of his mother...by consummating his marriage to Rebekah in his mother's tent.
Isaac builds a life...in the same place Sarah banished Hagar and Ishmael.
Isaac tries to rewrite the story of lost birthrights and unwanted sons...by picking a favorite son.
These and more motifs repeat because trauma repeats.

Season 2 is here! In this episode: Isaac mourns the death of his mother...by consummating his marriage to Rebekah in his mother's tent. Isaac builds a life...in the same place Sarah banished Hagar and Ishmael. Isaac tries to rewrite the story of lost birthrights and unwanted sons...by picking a favorite son. These and more motifs repeat because trauma repeats.

Ep 17: Isaac, Jacob, and Esau: Repeated Motifs and Traumas in Genesis 25

Rejecting fundamentalism. Uncovering theologies of trauma and healing in our sacred stories. Other good σκύβαλον, too.

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Ep 17: Isaac, Jacob, and Esau: Repeated Motifs and Traumas in Genesis 25

Ep 17: Isaac, Jacob, and Esau: Repeated Motifs and Traumas in Genesis 25