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Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch (Jewish Lives) by Yair Zakovitch; Valerie Zakovitch is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch (Jewish Lives) about?
DIV A powerful hero of the Bible, Jacob is also one of its most complex figures. Bible stories recounting his life often expose his deception, lies, and greed—then, puzzlingly, attempt to justify them. In this book, eminent biblical scholar Yair Zakovitch presents a complete view of the patriarch, first examining Jacob and his life story as presented in the Bible, then also reconstructing the stories that the Bible writers suppressed—tales that were well-known, perhaps, but incompatible with the
Who reads Jacob: Unexpected Patriarch (Jewish Lives)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Yair Zakovitch; Valerie Zakovitch
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300188974
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25