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 Philistines cut off Saul's head to offer it to their God (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Burnt offerings in the Temple of Jerusalem from within the Court of the Levites (1660)
from: plate from the 'Restoration' Bible 2 vols., published by John Ogilby, Cambridge, 1660
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Figure femminili dell'Antico Testamento in alcuni pittori italiani (1500-1650)
in: Donne e Bibbia nella crisi dell'Europa cattolica (secoli XVI-XVII), pp. 141-158
Trapani: Il pozzo di Giacobbe, 2014.
Iefté, Principe del pueblo ysraelitico [...] [1580 - 1583]
Bibliothèque National de France, Paris
Noah preparing his first sacrifice after the Flood (1700-1760)
Wellcome Collection, London
Fausto Sozzini, la teoria del sacrificio e il socinianesimo
in: Bruniana & Campanelliana, v. XXVII (2021), issue 1-2: pp.195-210.
Religione senza sacrificio. Grozio e Sozzini alle origini di un tema illuminista
in: Rivista Storica Italiana, v. 128 (), issue 2: pp.383-421.
Religione senza sacrificio. Grozio e Sozzini alle origini di un tema illuminista
in: Rivista Storica Italiana, v. 128 (), issue 2: pp.383-421.
Fausto Sozzini, la teoria del sacrificio e il socinianesimo
in: Bruniana & Campanelliana, v. XXVII (2021), issue 1-2: pp.195-210.
The Iconography of the Sacrifice of Abraham
in: Vigiliae Christianae , v. 15 (1961), issue 4: pp.214–55.
Shakespeare and Abraham
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.
The Sacrifice of Isaac (calco ottocentesco della formella originale) (1421)
from: Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna
Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1348)
from: Mahzor
Darmstadt | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, Cod. Or 13, fol. 202
After Fifty Years: Aspects of Sacrifice in the Old Testament
in: Expository Times, v. 50 (1938-39), issue : pp.151-155.
Sacrifice and Sacrament
in: Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, pp. 1-7
Edinburgh - New York: T. & T. Clark - Scribner's sons, 1962.
The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
New York: Routledge, 2017.