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.
Corpus scriptorum Muzarabicorum
Madrid: Instituto Antonio de Nebrija - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1973.
The Sacrifice of Jephtah’s Daughter (18th Century)
Royal Collection Trust, London
The sacrifice of Elijah against the prophets of Baal (1653)
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; cartella VOL.I
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1695 - 1696]
Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1655)
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Sacrifice of Joachim (1303-1305)
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova
The Sacrifice of Isaac
from: Collezioni dagli Ospedali Civili di Genova
Genova, Musei di Strada Nuova - Palazzo Bianco, inv. PB 2887
Fathers and sons, sacrifice and substitution: mimetic theory and Islam in Genesis 22 and Sura 37
in: Mimetic theory and Islam: “the wound where light enters”, pp. 65-85
Cham: Springer, 2019.
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme. Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse
London: George Miller; Edward Brewster, 1632.
Le sacrifice. Vocation et subversion du sacrifice dans les deux Testaments
Genève: Labor et Fides, 1998.
Sacrifice In The Old Testament. Its Theory And Practice
Oxford: Clarendon, 1925.
Sacrifice of Isaac (1630)
Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
The Sacrifice of Isaac (frontispiece with eleven biblical miniatures centering around the Sacrifice of Isaac) (1739)
from: BIBLE, Hebrew. Arba'ah ve-Esrim [Complete Hebrew Bible with Italian glosses and with engravings by Francesco Griselini]. Venice: Bragadini for Isaac Foa, 1739.
Braginsky Collection (Zürich & Amsterdam)
Defensio fidei catholicae de satisfactione Christi adversus Faustum Socinum Senensem: scripta ab Hugone Grotio
Leiden: Ioannes Patius, 1617.
Ospitare gli dei: sacrificio e diluvio
in: Studi Storici, v. 25 (1984), issue 4: pp.847-857.
Aspetti del sacrificio nel mondo greco e nella Bibbia ebraica
in: Sacrificio e società nel mondo antico, pp. 123-162
Roma - Bari: Laterza , 1988.
The new sacrifice of Christian Incense, or the true entrie to the tree of life, and gratious gate of glorious Paradise
London: H. L. ; Clement Knight, 1608.
The Sacrifice of Isaac in Medieval Jewish Art
in: Artibus et historiae, v. 16 (1987), issue --: pp.67-89.
Revisiting the 'Binding of Isaac' Mosaic in the Beth-Alpha Synagogue
in: Bulletin of the Asia Institute, v. 6 (1992), issue 83: pp.6.
The Sacrifice of Isaac. A Christian citizen in Aleppo commissioned the painted panels of the walls of the entrance room in his house. Wood, multi-layered painting (1601-1603)
from: Aleppo
Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Source: [https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;de;Mus01;39;en&pageD=N&cp]