Bodner, Keith and Ellen White. "Some Advantages of Recyclying: The Jacob Cycle in a Later Environment." Biblical Interpretation 22:1 (2014) 20-33.
Boorer, Suzanne. The Vision of the Priestly Narrative: Its Genre and Hermeneutics of Time. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016.
Finkelstein, Israel and Thomas Römer. "Comments on the Historical Background of the Jacob Narrative in Genesis." Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 126:3 (2014) 317-38.
Fretheim, Terence E. "Jacob Traditions: Theology and Hermeneutic." Interpretation 26:4 (1972) 419-36.
Hamori, Esther J. "Echoes of Gilgamesh in the Jacob Story." Journal of Biblical Literature 130:4 (2011) 625-42..
Leuchter, Mark. "Genesis 38 in Social and Historical Perspective." Journal of Biblical Literature 132:2 (2013) 209-227.
Morrison, Martha A. "The Jacob and Laban Narrative in Light of Near Eastern Sources." The Biblical Archaeologist 46:3 (1983) 155-64.
Peleg, Yitzhak. Going Up and Going Down: A Key to Interpreting Jacob's Dream (Gen 28.10-22), Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 609. New York: Bloomsbury, 2015.
Sweeney, Marvin A. "The Jacob Narratives: An Ephraimitic Text?" Catholic Biblical Quarterly 78:2 (2016) 236-55.
Weisman, Zeev. "National Consciousness in the Patriarchal Promises." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 31 (1985) 55-73.
Yoreh, Tzemah. "How Many Sons did Jacob Have According to E?" Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 118:2 (2006) 264-8.
--------. "Jacob's Struggle." Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 117:1 (2005) 95-7.
Jacob's Ladder (Gen 28:10-16), Donald Jackson, with Chris Tomlin (2003)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald, in collaboration with Chris Tomlin. Jacob's Ladder (Gen 28:10-16). 2003. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
Chagall, Marc. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel. 1970. Stained glass. Fraumünster Abbey, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Reid, Stephen Breck. "The Art of Marc Chagall: An Interpretation of Scripture." In Art as Religious Studies (ed. Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona; New York: Crossroad, 1987) 70-80.
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Chasin, Martin. "Marc Chagall and the Lost Jewish World: The Nature of Chagall's Art and Iconography." Library Journal 131:15 (2006) 56.
Lewis, Michael J. "Whatever Happened to Marc Chagall?" Commentary126:3 (2008) 36-41.
Jeffrey, David L. "Meditation and Atonement in the Art of Marc Chagall." Religion and the Arts 16:3 (2012) 211-230.
Werner, Alfred. "Marc Chagall and His Bible Illustrations." The Reconstructionist 23:10 (1957) 6-14.
Jacob Wrestling with an Angel (Gen 32:24-32), Donald Jackson (2003)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald, in collaboration with Chris Tomlin. Jacob Wrestling with an Angel (Gen 32:24-32). 2003. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
The Story of Jacob and Joseph, dir. Milhalis Kakogiannis (1974)
Primary Text Citation
The Story of Jacob and Joseph. Produced by Mildred Freed Alberg; directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis. 120 min. Milberg Theatrical Productions, 1974. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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Chattaway, Peter T. "It's All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film." In The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (ed. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016) 51-64.
Jacob's Ladder, dir. Adrian Lyne (1990)
Primary Text Citation
Jacob's Ladder. Produced by Alan Marshall; directed by Adrian Lyne. 113 min. Carolco Pictures, 1990. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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Chattaway, Peter T. "It's All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film." In The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (ed. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016) 51-64.
DeSanti, Brady and William Blizek. "Understanding Jacob's Ladder through The Tibetan Book of the Dead." Journal of Religion & Popular Culture 27 (2015) 45-56.
Flannery-Dailey, Frances and Rachel Wagner. "Wake Up! Worlds of Illusion in Gnosticism, Buddhism and The Matrix Project." In Philosophers Explore The Matrix (ed. Grau Christopher; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) 258-89.
Fry, Carrol, Robert Craig and Ken Jurkiewicz. "Three Viewers Viewing: A Viewer-Response Symposium on 'Jacob's Ladder.'" Literature/Film Quarterly 26 (1998) 220-34.
Kwiatkowski, Fryderyk. "Climbing a Ladder to Heaven. Gnostic Vision of the World in Jacob's Ladder (1990)." Journal of Relgion and Film 19:2 (2015) article 7, 30 pages. Online, http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ jrf/vol19/iss2/7, [your access date].
Jacob, dir. Peter Hall (1994)
Primary Text Citation
Jacob . Produced by Lorenzo Minoli; directed by Peter Hall. 91 min. Five Mile River Films, 1994. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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Leonard, John. "Puberty Gone Awry." New York 27 (December 5, 1994) 121.
O'Connor, John J. "Another Bible Chapter." New York Times 144:49898 (December 2, 1994) D18.
In the Beginning, dir. Kevin Connor (2000)
Primary Text Citation
In the Beginning. Produced by Robert Halmi, Jr., David V. Picker and Paul Lowin; directed by Kevin Connor. 189 min. Hallmark Entertainment, 1994. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
1.34.42 Italian subtitles, so you may want to find a streaming source
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Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda, ed. The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film. Boston: Walter de Bruyter, 2016.
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Fries, Laura. "In the Beginning." Daily Variety 269:50 (November 10, 2000) 19.
The Red Tent, dir. Roger Young (2014)
Primary Text Citation
The Red Tent. Produced by Nancy Bennett; directed by Roger Young. 170 min. Kasbah-Film Tanger/Sony Pictures Television, 2014. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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Chattaway, Peter T. "It's All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film." In The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (ed. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016) 51-64.
Sofian, Simone Lotven. "Popular Fiction and the Limits of Modern Midrash: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant." Conservative Judaism 54:3 (2002) 95-105.
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