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.
The Adoration of the Lamb - The Song of the Elect (1511)
Louvre, Paris
The Circumcision of the infant Christ (1503-1505)
from: Germany. Series: Life of the Virgin
British Museum, London
Radical Sacrifice
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018.
Jeroboam's Sacrifice at Bethel (1656)
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Zur Analyse des Sündopfergesetzes
in: Verbannung und Heimkehr: Beiträge zur Geschichte und Theologie Israels im 6. und 5. Jahrhundert, pp. 39-50
Tübingen: Mohr , 1961.
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1350]
from: Rudolf von Ems: Weltchronik. Böhmen (Prague)
Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek Fulda, Aa 88, fol. 50r
Abraham's Opfer
in: Ikonologie der Genesis II, pp. 145-188
Munich: -, 1995.
Anno Domini 859. Sancti Eulogii archiepiscopi Toletani et martyris memorialis sanctorum libri tres ; Documentum martyriale ; Liber apologeticus martyrum ; Appendix, Ambrosii Moralis scholia in omnia S. Eulogii opera.
in: Patrologiae cursus completus: sive bibliotheca universalis, integra, uniformis, commoda, oeconomica, omnium ss., patrum, doctorum scriptorumque Ecclesiasticorum, qui ab aevo apostolico ad usque Innocentii III tempora floruerunt . Series Latina., pp. 705 - 870
Paris: Lutetiae Parisiorum, 1885.
Divi Eulogii Cordubensis, Martyris Doctoris et electi Archiepiscopi Toletani opera. Studio et diligentia illustrissimi ac reverendissimi domini Petri Poncii Leoni a Corduba episcopi Placentini summique fidei christianae per regna et ditiones Philippi II. regis catholici inquisitoris reperta. Eiusdem sanctissimi martyris vita per Alvarum Cordubensem scripta. Cum aliis nonnullis sanctorum martyrum Cordubensium monumentis. Omnia Ambrosii Morales Cordubensis regii historicii scholiis illustrata eiusque cura et diligentia excussa. Operum catalogus sequitur post praefationes.
Alcalá de Henares: Ioannes Iñiguez a Lequerica, 1574.
Opera Omnia: Memoriale sanctorum ; Documentum martyriale ; Apologeticus martyrum
Alcalá de Henares: n. p. [Ioannes Iñiguez a Lequerica], 1574.
The Eulogius corpus
in: Translated Texts for Historians.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
The Adoration of the Lamb (1432)
from: The Ghent Altarpiece (or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb), St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
The Sacrifice of Noah (1675)
from: Imagines Veteris Ac Novi Testamenti A Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Nazionale; Pio; volume 8F.PIO
Il sacrificio biblico: uno sguardo antropologico
in: Materia Giudaica, v. 24 (2019), issue : pp.535-545.
1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Ibrahim about to sacrifice Ismail. Cebrail (Gabriel) stands nearby holding the ram. (Late 16th/Early 17th)
from: A miniature painting from a manuscript of Hadikat us-suada, a history of the holy martyrs of the Prophet's family [Ms Or. 12009, fol.19v]
British Library, London [from Turkey]
The sacrifice of Noah (1725-35 ca.)
Galleria dei dipinti antichi, cassa di risparmio di Cesena, Cesena
The sacrifice of Noah [1725 - 1735]
Galleria dei dipinti antichi, Cassa di Risparmio di Cesena
Sacrifice of Isaac [1625 - 1650]
Museo d'arte di Palazzo Gavotti, Savona
Samson pulling down the column of the temple (1470)
from: The Florentine Picture-Chronicle
The British Museum, London