Jacob

Jacob (; |Yaʿăqōḇ}}; ; ), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, originating from the Hebrew tradition in the Torah. Described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel, Jacob is presented as the second-born among Isaac's children. His fraternal twin brother is the elder, named Esau, according to the biblical account. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah.

Jacob had twelve sons through four women: his wives (and cousins), Leah and Rachel, and his concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah. His sons were, in order of their birth: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin, all of whom became the heads of their own family groups, later known as the Twelve Tribes of Israel. He also had a daughter named Dinah. According to Genesis, Jacob displayed favoritism among his wives and children, preferring Rachel and her sons, Joseph and Benjamin, causing tension within the family—culminating in Joseph's older brothers selling him into slavery.

Scholars have taken a mixed view as to Jacob's historicity, with archaeology so far producing no evidence for his existence. William Albright initially dated the narratives of Jacob to the 19th century BCE, but later scholars like John J. Bimson and Nahum Sarna argued against using archaeological evidence to support such claims due to limited knowledge of that period. Recent scholars such as Thomas L. Thompson and William Dever suggest that these narratives are late literary compositions with ideological purposes rather than historical accounts.

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by Jacob
Published 2009
Wiley-Blackwell

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by Jacob
Published 1950
Alexander Street Press Harvard University Press

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by Wolfowitz, Jacob
Published 1964
Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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by Jacob, Herbert
Published 1961
Gabler Verlag

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by Viner, Jacob
Published 1932
Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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by Jacob, Herbert
Published 1984
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, Herbert
Published 1977
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, H.
Published 1972
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, H.
Published 1967
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, Frank
Published 2002
Deutscher Universitätsverlag

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by Jacob, Herbert
Published 1976
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, H.
Published 1969
Gabler Verlag

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by Jacob, Herbert
Published 1963
Gabler Verlag

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by Stoller, Jacob
Published 1918
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag

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by Jacob, NA.
Published 1973
Gabler Verlag
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by Jacob, H.
Published 1970
Gabler Verlag

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by Korevaar, Jacob
Published 2004
Springer Berlin Heidelberg