One of these objects is the namesake of the second phase of Mohammed's Night Journey, which in Arabic is called Isra and Mi'raj, with the latter term referring to one of these.  
Mircea Eliade claimed that across five continents, shamanic tribes constructed one of these objects to traverse the axis mundi. The most widely-printed work of literature in England during the first thirty years of the 16th Century was a devotional book titled after one of these objects and was written by Walter Hilton. A text about the thirty levels of a "divine" one was produced by the Eastern Orthodox priest John, who is also named for one of these objects. One of these objects is the namesake of the second phase of Mohammed's Night Journey, which in Arabic is called Isra and Mi'raj, with the latter term referring to one of these.  One of these objects is central to a prophecy that occurs shortly after one figure leaves Beersheba, went to bed using a rock as a pillow, and is told about the land of Israel and its descendants. For 10 points, name this object central to a dream of Jacob, used to transition between heaven and earth.
Mircea Eliade claimed that across five continents, shamanic tribes constructed one of these objects to traverse the axis mundi.
ladders or scales