The ladder of Jacob. Ancient interpretations of the biblical story of Jacob and his children, J.L. Kugel : book reviewJames Kugel, currently Director of the Institute for the History of the Jewish Bible at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, is an expert in the history of biblical interpretation...
The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and His Children. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.Kugel, James L. The Ladder of Jacob: Ancient Interpretations of the Biblical Story of Jacob and his Children . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006...
It states that Jacob is a biblical character who exemplifies as the block of prophet because of his despondency in response to the loss of his son Joseph. It mentions that Jacob is a model of sexual modesty who never had a seminal emission before Reuben.Diamond...