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The Books of Jacob is a 912-page novel divided into seven books. It begins in 1752 in Rohatyn and ends in Holocaust-era Korolówka. [8] Its title subject is Jacob Frank, a Polish Jew who claimed to be the messiah. The novel combines dozens of third-person perspectives of those connected to Jacob Frank. [9]
Jacob Dlamini (born 1973) is a South African journalist, historian and author. He is currently an assistant professor of history at Princeton University , specialising in African history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He has written four books about South African political and social history, each of which seeks to complicate popular narratives about Apartheid ...
Free response tests are a relatively effective test of higher-level reasoning, as the format requires test-takers to provide more of their reasoning in the answer than multiple choice questions. [4] Students, however, report higher levels of anxiety when taking essay questions as compared to short-response or multiple choice exams.
In her chapter on kinship in the Book of Mormon published in Oxford press's Americanist Approaches, Nancy Bentley, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania specializing in kinship in 19th-century America, analyzes Jacob's speech. Jacob writes that God forbids polygamy to the Nephites in order to prioritize family harmony over ...
George Andrew Jacob (16 December 1807 – 7 May 1896) was an English clergyman and schoolmaster and author of many books about education and Christianity. Jacob was born at Exmouth , Devon, on 16 December 1807, where his father the Reverend Stephen Long Jacob was incumbent.
Jacob van Liesvelt or Jacob van Liesveldt [1] (Antwerp, c. 1489, – Antwerp, 28 November 1545), was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller. [2] His printing press put out publications in a wide range of genres, including poetry by Anna Bijns , Roman Catholic literature such as an anti-heresy decree, and publications that conflicted with ...
Jacob, [a] later given the name Israel, [b] is a patriarch regarded as the forefather of the Israelites, according to Abrahamic religions such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, originating from the Hebrew tradition in the Torah.
The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up is a 2012 satirical [1] novel by the American writer Jacob M. Appel.It was the winner of the 2013 International Rubery Book Award. "Shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States," the author explained, "I knew I wanted to write a book against the backlash of those events.