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  1. Genesis, chapter 32 (10) Jacob (21) universal religious imagery (859) angel (267) ‘Jacob and the Angel‘, Sir Jacob Epstein, 1940–1.

  2. Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American-British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1910.

  3. Jacob wrestling with the angel is described in the Book of Genesis (chapter 32:22–32; also referenced in the Book of Hosea, chapter 12:3–5). The " angel " in question is referred to as "man" ( אִישׁ : Ish ) and " God " ( אֵל : El ) in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" ( מַלְאָךְ : Malakh ).

  4. May 1, 2011 · In the Old Testament book of Genesis, Jacob wrestles throughout the night with an unknown aggressor, who in the morning reveals himself as an angel and blesses Jacob for not giving up the fight. The story is interpreted as a contest between the flesh and the spirit.

  5. Oct 10, 2021 · Oct 10, 2021. E pstein’s sculpture of Jacob and the Angel is a larger-than-life depiction of Jacob’s all-night struggle with an unknown assailant who finally revealed himself in the morning...

  6. Hordes of people milled about, basking in the orange glow of this astonishingly popular artificial sun. In the relative calm of the Constantin Brancusi exhibition upstairs we wondered whether Jacob Epstein’s sculpture Jacob and the Angel (1940–1) was influenced by Brancusi’s Kiss (1916).

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  8. Exhibition: Jacob Wrestling the Angel (Genesis 32:22–32). Featuring works of art by Jacob Epstein, Paul Gauguin and Max Beckmann. Commentaries by Natalie Carnes.

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