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 Sacrifice of Isaac (1560)
Royal Library of Belgium
Sacrifice of Manoah (1579)
from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode 1579
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Samson Destroying the Temple [1550 - 1560]
National Gallery of Arts, Washington DC
Sacrifice of Noah (17th Century)
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Why do we call the Holocaust 'The Holocaust'?
in: Shoah: The Paradigmatic Genocide, pp. 51-66
Lanham: UPA, 1994.
Le Christianisme est-il une religion du sacrifice?
in: Nouvelle Revue Théologique, v. 100 (), issue : pp.341-358.
Il sacrificio fra antropologia e Bibbia
in: E il Verbo si è fatto pane : l'Eucaristia tra Antico e Nuovo Testamento, pp. 15-25
Assisi: Cittadella, 2009.
L'oblation des premices [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 250
Melchisedec [1601]
from: L. Richeome, Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du très-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie, Paris, Sonnius, 1601, p. 70
Sacrifice of propitiation (1601)
from: , engraved illustration from Louis Richeome, Les tableaux sacrez (Paris, Sonnius: 1601), pag. 318
Sacrifice of Isaac [1621 - 1623]
Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genova
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1562)
from: Project on engraved sources of Spanish colonial art
Sotocoro, Temple of the Franciscan Ex-Convent of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1555)
Cortona, Museo Diocesano (Italy)
ll sacrificio nell'Epistola agli Ebrei
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue : pp.169-179.