Topic: 1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century)
The Bible, with its plethora of examples of sacrifice and self-sacrifice, plays a pivotal role in shaping the discourse on sacrifice in the early modern world.
This section includes:
- Sources: A broad selection of early modern writings, encompassing biblical exegesis, theological and philosophical interpretations, various translations, prayer books, and hymns.
- Iconographic Representations: This visual collection showcases early modern depictions of biblical sacrifices, including key scenes like the Sacrifice of Isaac as interpreted in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
- Related Bibliography: Complemented by a comprehensive bibliography of scholarly works from the 19th to 21st centuries, offering modern perspectives and analyses of these historical interpretations.
Mizbeah olah seu De ara exteriore templi secundi exercitationes philologicae. Ubi ea ex auctoribus Hebraeis exponitur, et cum gentium aris confertur, denique ad Christianorum altaria tum externa, tum mysticum applicatur
Leiden: Luchtmans, 1697.
Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac (1523 - 1526)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1530)
Bamberg, Staatsgalerie in der Neuen Residenz Bamberg
Elijah and Baal's priests (1545)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1552-1557)
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Ad librum Hugonis Grotii, quem de Satisfactione Christi adversus Faustum Socinum Senensem scriptis, Responsio Iohannis Crellii Franci Ecclesiae Racoviensis Ministri
Raków: Typis Sternacianis, 1623.
Sacrifice in the Old Testament
in: The Atonement in History and in Life, pp. 33-64
London: S.P.C.K., 1929.
The Meaning of Sacrifices in the Psalms
in: Essays in Honour of the Very Rev. Dr. J. H. Hertz on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, September 25, 1942 , pp. 97-109
London: E. Goldston, 1944.
Le sacrifice des chrestiens, sermon fait le 2 de l'an 1633, sur Rom. 12, 1
Paris: Melchior Mondiere, 1645.
Christian Sacrifice : the Judaeo-Christian Background before Origen
Washington: The Catholic University of America Press, 1978.
Origins of the Christian Doctrine of Sacrifice
Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1978.
Cain murdering Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Sacrifice of Abel (1576)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Abel [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 48
Les Sacrifices de l'Ancien Testament
Paris: Gabalda, 1964.
Les Sacrifices de l'Ancien Testament
Paris: Gabalda, 1964.
Studies in Old Testament Sacrifice
Cardiff: University of Wales, 1964.
Dai sacrifici dell'Antico Testamento al sacrificio di Cristo
Città del Vaticano: Urbaniana University Press, 2002.
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1527 - 1529]
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden ; Museo del Prado, Madrid ; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland