Jacob's ladder

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biblical vision dream theophany religious symbol

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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Label Occurrences
Jacob’s Ladder 3
Jacob's ladder canonical 2
Jacob's Ladder 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical vision ⓘ
dream theophany ⓘ
religious symbol ⓘ
appearsIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

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

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacob → visionOf → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
Jamestown → hasLandmark → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob’s Ladder
Helen Frankenthaler → notableWork → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob’s Ladder
The Ladder of Divine Ascent → inspiredBy → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob's Ladder
Brad Mehldau → notableWork → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob’s Ladder
We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder → usesBiblicalImage → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob’s ladder
Denise Levertov → notableWork → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Jacob’s Ladder
patriarch Jacob → vision → Jacob's ladder ⓘ
subject surface form: Jacob