Jacob

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Catholic Encyclopedia: Jacob - Commentary on the Biblical patriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.

Children Of Jacob - Overview of the scheming patriarch and his progeny.

Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia - Chapter on the patriarch's marriages and children by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.

Jacob - Profile of the patriarch also known as Israel and his importance to Judaism.

Jacob - Biblical biography of the patriarch from an 1897 Christian source.

Jacob - A Baptist perspective on the trials of Jacob.

Jacob (Israel) - Profile of the son of Isaac from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.

Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob - Overview of the patriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.

Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob - Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.

Parashat Toldot - Rabbinic argument for Judah and Joseph's final honesty with each other as tikkun (redemption) of their father's life of deception.

Prophecies of Jacob - Three of the predictions for the patriarch, with biblical links and discussion about their fulfillment from a Christian perspective.

Prophet Jacob - Biography of the patriarch from a Muslim perspective, with Koranic references.

Scheming Jacob - An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.

Showing Favoritism to Children - Rabbinic commentary interpreting the story of Jacob as a cautionary parable to parents.

Stairway To Heaven - Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.

Vayechi - Rabbinic commentary on the death of Jacob.

Yaakov: Laying the Foundation - Rabbinic traditions about the patriarch.

Yaakov's Battle with the Stranger - Rabbinic commentary about the patriarch's wrestling match with an angel by Ibn Ezra, Rashi, and Ramban.