Jacob's ladder (Biblical dream) (Topical Term)
- Broader heading: Dreams in the Bible
- Broader heading: Visions in the Bible
Work cat.: Kaufmann, Eva-Maria. Jakobs Traum und der Aufstieg des Menschen zu Gott, c2006: t.p. (das Thema der Himmelsleiter in der bildenden Kunst des Mittelalters)
Catholic encycl., 1913: under Jacob (he had at Luza the vision of angels ascending and decending by a mysterious ladder which reached from earth to heaven) under Interpretation of dreams (dream of Jacob at Bethel)
De Capoa, Chiara. Old Testament figures in art, 2003: p. 116 (Jacob dreams of a ladder to heaven; a flight of steps that leads from earth to heaven with angels climbing and descending in both directions; at the top of the ladder is the Lord; variants: Jacob's ladder)
Xrefer plus, Oct. 5, 2006, search of Amer. heritage dict. of the Eng. lang., 2003 (Jacob's ladder; from the ladder seen by the biblical patriarch Jacob in a dream (Genesis 28:12))