Brian J. McVeigh - Evidence for the Bicameral Mind in the Old Testament

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Brian J. McVeigh - Evidence for the Bicameral Mind in the Old Testament

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Marcel Kuijsten talks with anthropologist, author, and Jaynesian scholar Brian J. McVeigh about his recent book "The Psychology of the Bible" and the evidence for the bicameral mind and the transition to consciousness in the Old Testament. The interview is followed by Q&A with the event participants.

Includes discussion of why the Bible is an important document to test Jaynes’s theory, methodological challenges, the “Bicameral Civilizational Inventory Hypothesis,” the role of music in the Old Testament, the use of idols by the ancient Israelites, the role of writing, the emergence of angels and demons, the role of prophesy, the changing definitions of Yahweh, Biblical linguistic analysis, how the personage of Jesus factors in changes in ancient mentality, vestiges of the bicameral mind in the New Testament, and more.

Read the full interview in Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s Theory:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1737305534/
https://www.julianjaynes.org/product/co ... eral-mind/



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