JACOB, or, in Hebrew, Yaʿaqov, also called Israel; the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham. The name Yaʿaqov is generally regarded as an abbreviation of yaʿaqov el, which probably means "God protects" and is attested...

Prophet and eponymous ancestor of the Israelites, Jacob is mentioned by name sixteen times in the mostly commonly in conjunction with his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham. Most of these references are found in statements addressed to or about...

Also called Israel, son of Isaac and Rebecca, father of the people of Israel’s twelve tribal progenitors. All Israel then is called “the house of Jacob.” Jacob got the name Israel when, returning to the Land from Mesopotamia, he...

*Patriarch. Jacob was the son of *Isaac and the grandson of *Abraham. His exploits are described in *Genesis 25–36 and he was the father of twelve sons, the ancestors of the *twelve tribes of *Israel. In the rabbinic tradition, there was a strong...

Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Yaʿaqov Tiberian Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يعقوب, Yaʿqūb; "holds the heel"), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, Standard Yisraʾel Tiberian Yiśrāʾēl; Arabic:...

Dennis D. Jacobs March 2, 2003 Dennis D. Jacobs, 56, of Eaton, died Sunday, March 2, 2003 as the result of a snowmobile accident. He was born on July 4, 1946 in St. Cloud, MN, the 7th of 9 children of the...

The Clan Jacobs Dad premieres a new video version of an old tribute, while son succumbs to the slacker indie Two Wrenching Departures Directed by Ken Jacobs The GoodTimesKid Directed by Azazel Jacobs January 17 through 23, Anthology...

And Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, passses on a eulogy to the Village's departed éminence grise. Read both of them after the jump. Jane Jacobs was a friend to cities at a time when they sorely needed one....

Fashion designer Marc Jacobs has entered rehab."Marc made the right decision," Jacobs' longtime business partner Robert Duffy told Women's Wear Daily, which reported the story on its Web site Monday.Jacobs had previously acknowledged in interviews that he abused drugs and alcohol."He'd been sober for seven...