{"product_id":"god-and-the-first-families-stephen-spector-9780827616011","title":"God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod and the First Families\u003c\/i\u003e offers a novel exploration of God's role as a parent in the book of Genesis. Compellingly, author Stephen Spector introduces Americans' four main perceptions of God and their four most common styles of parenting as lenses through which we can reckon with God's own methods of parenting in the first biblical book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGod begins as an authoritarian parent who demands obedience and submission to authority, but shifts in striking ways. Next, God's parenting seems entirely benevolent. Stunningly, God reverts to authoritarianism during the near sacrifice of Isaac--but then invents a new parenting style focused on guiding the characters' moral and emotional growth. Many psychologists consider this the most successful childrearing method. Genesis reached that conclusion two and a half millennia ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Spector engages with familiar stories--sibling rivalries, family ruptures, traumas--from unexpected angles. He dramatizes how parental love in Genesis builds resilience against trauma, another idea validated by modern psychology. Surviving trauma, healing from parental favoritism, repairing broken relationships, earning forgiveness, possibly even reconciling after injury--Genesis offers wisdom on all. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Spector\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0827616015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827616011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Publication Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stephen Spector","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137179365631,"sku":"9780827616011","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_483a41ea-710c-4f7a-af5b-2b28927756ae.jpg?v=1770167083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-and-the-first-families-stephen-spector-9780827616011","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}