Web Directory

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

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

» 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/antiquities-jews/b1c19.html

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

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

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

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

» 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/toldot59.htm

» 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.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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