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 (1716)
from: Germany
The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel Ms. Heb. 8° 2380 (Book of Evronot, fol. 80v)
The Passover Sacrifice
in: Studies in the Religion of Ancient Israel, pp. 86-116
Leiden: Brill, 1972.
Theses de doctrina sacrificiorum Veteris et Novi Testamenti. Propositae ad disputandum in celebri Academia Lispsensi
Strasbourg: Nicolaus Vuyriot, 1578.
The Self-Offering and Death of Christ as a Sacrifice in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles
in: Sacrifice in the Bible, pp. 111-129
Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1995.
Cornu olei tulit Samuel, unxit David in Regem, in medio fratrum eius (1556)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Samson Shattering the Pillars of the Temple [1550 - 1560]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
In What Way Is Christ’s Death a Sacrifice? Theories of Sacrifice and Theologies of the Cross
in: Diversity of Sacrifice: Form and Function of Sacrificial Practices in the Ancient World and Beyond, pp. 255-270
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2016.
The Sacrifice of Isaac (from the Tendilla Retable) (1550-1570)
from: Flanders
Cincinnati Art Museum
Aaron and his sons sacrificing a ram, as described in Exodus 29:13-22 (1731)
from: Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, Physica Sacra (Kupfer-Bibel), Augsburg and Ulm, Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735, vol. 2, p. 324
Lowcountry Digital Library
The Fullness of Sacrifice: an Essay in Reconciliation
London: MacMillan & Co., 1930.
Samson breaks down the pillars of the temple and kills the Philistines and himself. (1547)
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
Leviathan
Oxford : Oxford University Press, Clarendon Edition of the Works of Thomas Hobbes, 2012-2014.
God telling Moses how to make sacrifices (1538)
from: Holbein, Hans, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées, Lyon, Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel [for Jean and François Frellon]
Louvre, Paris
Les Lévites se nourriront des sacrifices (1538)
from: Holbein, Hans, Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, autant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées, Lyon, Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel [for Jean and François Frellon], 1538
Louvre, Paris
The Sacrifice of Ahaz (1543)
from: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyon, Subscuto coloniensis, apud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, frates, 1543
Louvre, Paris
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1543)
from: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyon, Subscuto coloniensis, apud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, frates, 1543
Louvre, Paris
The Sacrifice of Elijah (1543)
from: Historiarum Veteris Testamenti icones ad vivum expressae. Lyon, Subscuto coloniensis, apud Ioannem & Franciscum Frellonios, frates, 1543
Louvre, Paris