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Our focus today is on Jacob, later to be named Israel, and a very specific moment in his journey. The text places him at the "Well of the Oath" – Beersheba in Hebrew – in a very pa...
We're going to be talking about Jacob, and a very specific moment in his life as found in the Book of Jubilees. Now, the Book of Jubilees—sometimes called Lesser Genesis—is a fasci...
A mother, hands placed gently on her child's head, bestowing not just love, but something…more. Something divinely inspired. We find a beautiful instance of this in the Book of Jub...
to a beautiful, intimate moment from the Book of Jubilees, a text considered sacred by some, and a fascinating window into ancient Jewish thought for us all. We find ourselves with...
We're talking about Isaac, Rebecca, and their sons, Jacob and Esau. You probably know the basics. But the Book of Jubilees, a Jewish apocryphal text that expands on stories from Ge...
The story of Jacob and Esau, and their mother Rebecca, is a powerful, sometimes troubling, example of maternal love… and perhaps, a bit of manipulation. to the Book of Jubilees, a ...
We all know the story of Jacob and Esau. The twins, locked in a sibling rivalry that shaped a nation. But the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered apocryphal by some, of...
We find ourselves right in the heart of that moment in the Book of Jubilees, chapter 26. It's a scene loaded with deception, a father's blindness, and a blessing that will echo thr...
That feeling, that burning resentment, is at the heart of our story today, straight from the Book of Jubilees, a text that expands on the stories we find in the Torah itself. We’re...
