Jacob and His Sons: The End of the Patriarchal Era

by Martin Sicker

The sagas of Jacob and his sons are presented in the biblical book of Genesis in a series of sometimes seemingly unrelated episodes. In this book, the author undertakes to show that these episodes are all intimately connected and were selected to illustrate the problems faced by Jacob in coping with the sibling rivalries among his dozen sons and welding them into a collective body capable of giving birth to a nation. The focus in Jacob and His...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595446159
• ISBN13: 9780595446155
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"