(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of Genesis — the famous story of Jacob’s ladder. Jacob has fled from the murderous ...

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This is English artist and poet William Blake’s depiction of Jacob’s Ladder with angels ascending and descending a ladder or staircase between Heaven and Earth for the enlightenment of the Jewish ...

Jacob’s Ladder does not have a single known writer or original performer. As a traditional spiritual, it likely developed through oral tradition among enslaved African Americans. Passed down from ...