Directory of Jacob Resources

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Subcategories

• Asher, his son
• Benjamin, his son
• Dan, his son
• Dinah, his daughter
• Ephraim, his favored grandson
• Esau, his brother and rival
• Gad, his son
• Isaac, his father
• Issachar, his son
• Joseph, his favorite son
• Judah, his son
• Laban, his father-in-law
• Leah, his less-favored wife
• Levi, his son
• Manasseh, his less-favored grandson
• Naphtali, his son
• Rachel, his favored wife
• Rebecca, his mother
• Reuben, his son
• Simeon, his son
• Zebulun, his son

Resources in This Category

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Jacob

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm
  Commentary on the Biblical patriarch from the traditional Catholic perspective.

• Children Of Jacob

  http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/jacobch.htm
  Overview of the scheming patriarch and his progeny.

• Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia

  http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/antiquities-jews/b1c19.html
  Chapter on the patriarch's marriages and children by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.

• Jacob

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
  Biblical biography of the patriarch from an 1897 Christian source.

• Jacob (Israel)

  http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p22.htm
  Profile of the son of Isaac from a joint Lutheran and Catholic bible study project.

• Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob

  http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=19&letter=J
  Overview of the patriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.

• Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob

  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/jacob.html
  Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.

• Parashat Toldot

  http://www.hir.org/torah/rabbi/5759/toldot59.htm
  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

  http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/jacob.htm
  Three of the predictions for the patriarch, with biblical links and discussion about their fulfillment from a Christian perspective.

• Prophet Jacob

  http://www.angelfire.com/on/ummiby1/jacob.html
  Biography of the patriarch from a Muslim perspective, with Koranic references.

• Scheming Jacob

  http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/13bchara/13bible3.htm
  An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.

• Showing Favoritism to Children

  http://www.aish.com/torahportion/appel/Showing_Favoritism_to_Children.asp
  Rabbinic commentary interpreting the story of Jacob as a cautionary parable to parents.

• Stairway To Heaven

  http://www.keyway.ca/htm2002/stairway.htm
  Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.

• Vayechi

  http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/The_Death_of_Jacob.asp
  Rabbinic commentary on the death of Jacob.

• Yaakov's Battle with the Stranger

  http://ohave.tripod.com/chumash/angel.htm
  Rabbinic commentary about the patriarch's wrestling match with an angel by Ibn Ezra, Rashi, and Ramban.

• Yaakov: Laying the Foundation

  http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol015.htm
  Rabbinic traditions about the patriarch.

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