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| | 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 |
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| | Jewish Virtual Library: Jacob |
| | Article on the lives of the Biblical patriarch and his family.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/jacob.html |
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| | 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 |
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| | 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 |
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| | Prophet Jacob |
| | Biography of the patriarch from a Muslim perspective, with Koranic references.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/ummiby1/jacob.html |
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| | Scheming Jacob |
| | An evangelical Christian perspective on the Biblical patriarch and his dysfunctional family.
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/13bchara/13bible3.htm |
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| | Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Dictionary: Jacob |
| | Profile of the Biblical patriarch.
http://www.nisbett.com/people/bp-jacob.htm |
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| | 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 |
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| | Stairway To Heaven |
| | Discussion of Jacob's famous "ladder" dream, and its possible implications forChristians today.
http://www.execulink.com/~wblank/stairway.htm |
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| | Vayechi |
| | Rabbinic commentary on the death of Jacob.
http://www.aish.com/torahportion/moray/The_Death_of_Jacob.asp |
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