Although it shares the same name, this is not the high voltage arcs of electricity seen in cheesy science movies.  
Although it shares the same name, this is not the high voltage arcs of electricity seen in cheesy science movies.  This term refers to a vision had at Haran by the youngest son of Isaac as he slept.  In the vision, angels ascended and descended along this structure, which ran from the ground to heaven.  For ten points, what is the name of this structure seen in a vision by its namesake while fleeing from Esau, often erroneously depicted as a staircase?
Although it shares the same name, this is not the high voltage arcs of electricity seen in cheesy science movies.  
{Jacob’s Ladder}