Lukol Directory: Society: Religion and Spirituality: People: Old Testament: Jacob

Scheming Jacob
An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/13bch...

Biblical Personalities: Jacob
A contemporary Jewish look at the third Biblical patriarch.
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive...

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

Jacob
The son of Isaac and Rebecca, third great patriarch of the chosen people, and the immediate ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08261a.htm

Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob
Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsourc...

Yaakov: Laying the Foundation
Rabbinic traditions about the patriarch.
http://ohr.edu/tw/weinbach/loveland/pol015...

Jewish Encyclopedia: Jacob
Overview of the patriarch from the traditional Jewish perspective, including apocrypha and Talmudic commentary.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp...

Parashat Toldot
Rabbinic argument for Judah and Joseph's final honesty with each other as tikkun (redemption) of their father's life of deception.
http://www.hir.org/torah/rabbi/5759/toldot...

Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Dictionary: Jacob
Profile of the Biblical patriarch.
http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-jacob.htm

Stairway To Heaven
Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/stairway....

Jacob
Profile of the patriarch also known as Israel and his importance to Judaism.
http://judaism.about.com/library/glossary/...

Jacob
A Baptist perspective on the trials of Jacob.
http://www.evangelbaptist.org/highschool/l...

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

Children Of Jacob
Overview of the scheming patriarch and his progeny.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/jacobch.h...

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

Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia
Chapter on the patriarch's marriages and children by the first-century Jewish historian Josephus.
http://www.interhack.net/projects/library/...

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

Yaakov's Battle with the Stranger
Rabbinic commentary about the patriarch's wrestling match with an angel by Ibn Ezra, Rashi, and Ramban.
http://members.tripod.com/~ohave/chumash/a...

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

Showing Favoritism to Children
Rabbinic commentary interpreting the story of Jacob as a cautionary parable to parents.
http://www.aish.com/torahportion/appel/Sho...

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


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