Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, was the father of the twelve tribes of Israel. In the Bible, we are told that a divine being he wrestled with changed Jacob’s name. In Genesis 32:28 ...

The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite ... Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon ...

Following last week’s Toldot – genealogies, or generations – Vayetze sees the naming of eleven of the twelve Tribes of Israel, giving names to the generations that will follow. Across two ...