Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Anointed stone pillar at a place of divine speech

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A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


jewish christian

  • Genesis Footnotes / Chapter 34 / Footnotes / Chapter 35; lines 2282-2344 confidence: high

    Jacob sets up a stone pillar at the place where God spoke with him, pours a drink offering and oil on it, and calls the place Bethel.

    Jacob sets up a stone pillar where God spoke with him and pours a drink offering and oil on it before naming the place Bethel.

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