Topias Tanskanen, *Jacob in Jubilees: Jacob, the Torah and the Abrahamic Promise*. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025.

Within the text of Jubilees, a significant early Jewish writing outside the Bible, the patriarch Jacob is presented as the main figure. This study elucidates the early reception history of the Abrahamic Promise and its strong links to Deuteronomy. It offers context for scholars of early Judaism and Christianity who are analyzing the reception of the Law and the Promise, as well as the divergence between Judaism and Christianity, where various interpretations of the patriarchal narratives played a pivotal role (for example, in Sifre Deuteronomy). This analysis delves into two key relationships established by the author of Jubilees: the connection between Jacob and the Torah, and the link between Jacob and the Abrahamic Promise (Genesis 12:1–3 and its parallels). Both of these connections are crucial to the narrative of Jubilees. Jacob is depicted as the ideal Israelite, who adheres closely to the Deuteronomic commandments (which are directed to Israel in the second person singular). He embodies the "holy seed" or "rest" of Israel, destined to inherit the Abrahamic Promise upon fulfilling the Torah, just as Jacob did. Conversely, Esau represents the archetype of the wayward Israelite, who will be excluded from the Promise.