Jacob and Esau were twin brothers who entered this world struggling to determine who was first. This struggle followed them for all of their lives. Genesis 25: 24-26: When the time came for her to ...

(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from the murderous ...

After Jacob left Bethel, he continued on his way to his mother’s relatives in Paddan Aram. He arrived at the local well, inquiring where he might find Uncle Laban. He’s told the pretty girl ...

Pursuing the spiritual life is beautiful and complex. It is beautiful because of the truth it illuminates (and beauty and truth are interchangeable at the level of the transcendental). However, it is ...

This Sunday’s Old Testament church reading, according to the Revised Common Lectionary used jointly by a number of Christian denominations, contains arguably one of the oddest passages in the Bible.