Jacob wrestling with the angel
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Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is a biblical story commonly depicted in art. The story appears in chapter 32 of Genesis, and chapter 12 of the Book of Hosea. Depending on the source text, the being with which Jacob wrestles is variously described as an angel, a man, or God; the being says his name is the same as where the fight takes place, which Jacob names Peniel or Penuel or Phanuel. The event occurs during Jacob's journey back to Canaan.
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In popular culture
- Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is the subject of a 1940 sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein.
- It is a chapter in Herman Hesse's novel Demian (1919)
- It is mentioned in Dodie Smith's debut novel I Capture the Castle (1948).
- It was referenced in the 1990 play Angels in America by Tony Kushner. The version depicted on-screen was the 1865 version by Alexander Louis Leloir.
- It was mentioned in Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel" published in 1964.
- It is mentioned in the U2 song "Bullet the Blue Sky" on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree.
- Gustave Dore's image is reenacted in Jean-Luc Godard's Passion by a film extra dressed as an angel and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.
- It is referenced in Rainer Maria Rilke's poem, "The Man Watching" published in 1920[?].
- It is mentioned in Maud Hart Lovelace's novel Betsy's Wedding, first published in 1955.
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