Jacob's ladder
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Jacob's ladder is the biblical vision of a stairway or ladder reaching between earth and heaven, seen by the patriarch Jacob and symbolizing the connection between God and humanity.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biblical vision
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dream theophany → religious symbol → |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
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Old Testament → |
| appearsInChapter |
Genesis 28
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| associatedPlace |
Bethel
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| associatedWith |
covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
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patriarchal narratives → |
| commemoratedBy |
naming of Bethel
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| connects |
earth
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heaven → |
| genreOfSourceText |
narrative
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| hasArtisticDepiction |
Christian art
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Jewish art → |
| hasElement |
ladder
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stairway → |
| hasFeature |
angels ascending and descending
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| hasLiturgicalUse |
theme in sermons and homilies
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| hasMedium |
dream
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| hasMotif |
vertical axis between earthly and divine realms
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| hasSourceText |
Book of Genesis
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| hasSpeaker |
God
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| hasTheologicalTheme |
God's immanence and transcendence
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continuity of the patriarchal covenant → divine election of Jacob → |
| includesDivinePromise |
divine protection
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eventual return to the land → land to Jacob and his descendants → numerous descendants → |
| influencedTradition |
Christian theology
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Islamic exegesis → Jewish mysticism → |
| interpretedAs |
image of prayer and contemplation
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prefiguration of Christ in Christian theology → symbol of revelation → |
| languageOfPrimaryText |
Biblical Hebrew
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| occursDuring |
Jacob's journey from Beersheba to Haran
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| referencedIn |
Gospel of John 1:51
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| relatedConcept |
axis mundi
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heavenly ascent literature → |
| relatedToPerson |
Abraham
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Isaac → |
| seenBy |
Jacob
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| symbolizes |
access to God
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connection between God and humanity → divine-human communication → spiritual ascent → |