Darnzy, thanks for pointing out the mysteries around (the) book of laws. After reading your post I checked Lostpedia and came across with the possible Torah reference as well. I'm not all positive about the book being Torah, but I definitely see how the Jacob connection becomes all the more interesting with that one.
The screen shots suggest the book Alpert got on the table is some
book of laws- . As much as I think that the Book of Law I referred to earlier offers intriguing island/will/ love/ inner journey themes relevant to LOST, it looks to be not quite the book Alpert has. Hmmm
It got even more puzzling now..