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.
Sin and Expiation
in: The Oxford Handbook of Ritual and Worship in the Hebrew Bible, pp. 1-14
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
Commentary on Judges: Patristic and Medieval Sources
in: A Companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli, pp. 231-248
Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2009.
The Levitical Sacrificial System
in: Sacrifice in the Bible, pp. 25-40
Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1995.
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1590 - 1637]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Sacrifice of Isaac, with captions in Ashkenazi square script. Isaac is kneeling on the altar, Abraham is lifting the knife, but an angel prevents him from hurting his son by grabbing his knife. The same angel points to the ram caught in a bush on the left. Beneath, at the foot of the mountain, the two servants, the donkey and a dog are resting in a field (1460)
from: Add. MS 14759 fol. 1v
British Library, London
Los seis libros de S. Juan Chrysostomo sobre el Sacerdocio. Traducidos en lengua vulgar, ilustrados con notas criticas, y corregidos en esta segunda impresion por [...] Phelipe Scio de San Miguel de las Escuelas Pías
Madrid: Pedro Marín, 1776.
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1625 - 1626]
Palazzo Brera, Milan
Dissertatio Philologico-Theologica, De Uilitate Sacrificiorum Brutalium, Opposita Valori Unico Sacrificii Jesu Christi
Bremen: Braver, Herman ; Braver, Berthold , 1710.
Old Testament heroes in venetian high renaissance art
in: Beyond the Yellow Badge, pp. 275-303
Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2007.
Eine Kulturgeschichte des Opfers : die Anbetung der Hirten von Juan Bautista Maino
in: Kirchliche Kultur und Kunst des 17. Jahrhunderts in Spanien, pp. 89-122
Frankfurt: Vervuert, 2004.
Bound by the Bible. Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Isaaks Opferung: zur Uberlieferungsgeschichte von Gen 22
Stuttgart: KBW, 1970.
Noah offering a sacrifice to God after the Flood (1675)
from: Athanasius Kircher, Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta, Amsterdam 1683, p. 166
Idolatry of Jeroboam (1780)
from: Flavius Josephus. Alle de werken van Flavius Josephus, naar het Grieksch in 't Engelsch gebragt en verkort, waar by gevoegd is: de twee boeken van Josephus tegens Appion; zyn Richtsnor der Reden, of het martelaarschap der Macchabeen, en 't gezantschap van Philo den Jood aan den keizer Cajus Caligula. Uit het Engelsch in het Nederduitsch vertaald. Eerste deel, Amserdam, J. van Gulik, 1780, p. 300
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Binding of Isaac (1780)
Narodni Muzej Srbije, Belgrade
Milton’s Samson and the Christian Tradition
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1949.
The Renaissance Bible: Scholarship, Sacrifice, and Subjectivity
Berkeley: University of California Press, .