Biblical character penning a chapter identifying Biblical character (5)

I believe the answer is:

jacob

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'biblical character' is the definition.
'jacob' can be an answer for 'character' (I have seen 'Smooth character' mean 'jacob' so perhaps 'character' could also mean 'jacob'). I'm not certain of the 'biblical' bit.

'biblical character penning a chapter' is the wordplay.
'biblical character' becomes 'job'.
'penning' is an insertion indicator.
'chapter' becomes 'c' (abbreviation).
'a'+'c'='ac'
'job' enclosing 'ac' is 'JACOB'.

'identifying' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for jacob that I've seen before include "A son of Isaac (Bible)" , "He saw ladder" , "Bible character - old breed of sheep" , "Smooth character" , "Hebrew patriarch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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