Jacob wrestling with the angel or God is described in the Book of Genesis (chapter 32:22–32; also referenced in the Book of Hosea, chapter 12:3–5). The...

Vision after the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) is an oil painting by French artist Paul Gauguin, completed in 1888. It is now in the Scottish National...

mentioned briefly in the stories of Jacob (who according to one interpretation wrestled with an angel) and Lot (who was warned by angels of the impending destruction...

always the case—sometimes, they can be portrayed in a frightening, inhuman manner. The word angel arrives in modern English from Old English engel (with a...

needed] His professional directorial debut came with his short film Jacob Wrestling With The Angel in 2013. The next year, he wrote and directed his second...

find the more straightforward meaning of Yaqub-El, "Jacob is god." The name Israel given to Jacob following the episode of his wrestling with the angel (Genesis...

own heart and is based on Genesis 32:24-32, which is the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel sent by God at Peniel. It is sung to one of several tunes...

that Jacob was the incarnation of the angel Israel who competed with Uriel over their rank in heaven. The Prayer of Joseph was well known in the early...

Patmos, "so when it says Jacob wrestled with an angel, 'angel' is only used as a symbol to hide the one he was really wrestling with". However, Malcolm X...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Æsir–Vanir War Asuras Devas Jacob wrestling with the angel War in Heaven Usher, M. D. (2007). "Theomachy, Creation, and the Poetics...