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.
Sacrifice of Isaac (1637)
from: Istituto Centrale per la Grafica
Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Fondo Corsini; volume 58N13
Obras de S. Pedro Pascual, Mártir, Obispo de Jaén y religioso de la Merced. En su lengua original, con la traducción latina y algunas anotaciones, por el P. fr. Pedro Armengol Valenzuela, religioso de la misma Orden
Roma: Tipografia della Pace - Imprenta Salustiana, 1906 - 1908.
Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...]
München: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 2011.
Gamaliel. Nuevamente traduzido en lengua castellana, añadido, historiado y con mucha diligencia reconocido y emendado ... [por] Juan de Molina sobre la nueva traducion de Gamaliel q[ue] de lengua catalana en castellana ha mudado
Seville: Cronberger, Juan, 1534.
Sancti Petri Paschasii Martyris, Giennensis Episcopi, Ordinis B. Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum Opera [...]
Madrid: Bernardus de Villa Diego [Sanctae Cruciatae et Divini Officii Typographus], 1676.
Tobiolus Makes a Propitiatory Sacrifice (1543)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.
Gesù e il sacrificio ebraico
in: Annali di storia dell'esegesi, v. 18 (2001), issue 1: pp.129-168.
I corpi sacrificali: smembramento e rimembramento. I presupposti culturali di Rom 12, 1-2
in: Atti del VII simposio di Tarso su S. Paolo Apostolo, pp. 437-468
Rome: Pontificio Ateneo Antoniano. Istituto Francescano di Spiritualità, 2002.
I corpi sacrificali: smembramento e rimembramento. I presupposti culturali di Rom 12, 1-2
in: Atti del VII simposio di Tarso su S. Paolo Apostolo, pp. 437-468
Rome: Pontificio Ateneo Antoniano. Istituto Francescano di Spiritualità, 2002.
Isaac, Iphigenia, Ignatius. Martyrdom and Humand Sacrifice
Budapest - New York: Central European University Press, 2017.
Deut., cap. XVIII, v. 3, Donaria pro Sacerdotibus (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome quatrieme, tab. CCCXLIII
Exodi Cap. XXIX. v. 1. Initiatio Sacerdotum (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCIII
Exodi Cap. XXIX. v. 1.2 (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCVIII
Exodi, Cap. XXIX, v. 13-22, Deo ex Ariete Sacra (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome troisieme, tab. CCV
Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara Holocausti secundum Lundium (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCI
Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara pacis Romana (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCVI
Exodi, Cap. XXVII, v. 1-8, Ara Witfii (1732 - 1737)
from: J. J. Scheuchzer, Physique sacrée, ou Histoire naturelle de la Bible, Amsterdam, Pierre Schenk - Pierre Mortier, 1732 - 1737, tome second, tab. CXCL