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A-Z: General definitions: Ladder
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In the Old Testament book of Genesis,Jacob has a dream and sees a ladder leading up to heaven, with angels going up and down. God speaks to Jacob, promising land to him and his descendants.
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Big ideas: Promised Land, Diaspora, Zionism; Patriarchs
A 'testament' is a covenant or binding agreement and is a term used in the Bible of God's relationship with his people). The sacred writings of Judaism (the Hebrew Bible). These also form the first part of the Christian Bible.
In the Old Testament the son of Isaac and Rebekah and twin brother of Esau. He wrestled with God and was often devious.
In many religions, the place where God dwells, and to which believers aspire after their death. Sometimes known as Paradise.
Supernatural beings closely linked with the work of God; his messengers, traditionally portrayed as having a winged human form.
The Bible describes God as the unique supreme being, creator and ruler of the universe.
The Creation; Fall of humankind and universal or original sin; Noah and the Flood; the call of Abraham (start of salvation history), followed by the stories of the other patriarchs, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
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