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 Noah (1620 - 1665)
National Trust, Tatton Park, Knutsford
El Machabeo Evangelico. Vida del Glorioso Doctor San Pedro Pasqual de Valencia, Religioso del Sacro, Real, y Militar Orden de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Redempcion de Cautivos, Canciller Mayor de Castilla, Governador del Arzobispado de Toledo, Obispo de Granada, Jaen, y Baeza, y Mártir. Con un apéndice de los Religiosos de la Merced, que murieron à manos de Moros en Granada, y otras partes de España. Y Vida del Santo D. Fray Gonzalo Mercador, Obispo de Granada, y Mártir. Por el padre fr. Juan de la Presentación, Professor de Santa Theologia, y Coronista General de los Descalzos del mismo Orden. A la Excelentissima Señora Duquesa de Bejar, &c.
Madrid: Imprenta Real ; [a costa de] Gabriel de León, 1671.
Sacrifice of Isaac [1650 - 1651]
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1511-1514)
Città del Vaticano, Musei Vaticani, Stanza di Eliodoro, Volta
The sacrifice of Cain and Abel (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Joachim's sacrifice is rejected (1500-1527)
Albertina, Vienna
The Order of Sacrifices in Old Testament Ritual Text
in: Biblica, v. 51 (1970), issue : pp.485-498.
The Circumcision of Christ (1620-1626)
from: France. Series: Vita Deiparae Virginis Mariae
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The sacrifice of Abraham (1655)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Orthodoxorum Patrum Sententiae aliquot de Missali Sacrificio, explicatae per Doct. Urbanum Regium
Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1533.
The Jewish Pig Prohibition from Leviticus to the Maccabees
in: Journal of Biblical Literature, v. 141 (2023), issue 2: pp.221-241.
The Prohibition of Local Butchery in Leviticus 17:3–4: The Evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls
in: Semitica, v. 62 (2020), issue : pp.307-327.
The Positive Functions of Levitical Sacrifice in Hebrews
in: Son, Sacrifice, and Great Shepherd : Studies on the Epistle to the Hebrews, pp. 95-113
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020.
Tableaux sacrez des figures mystiques du tres-auguste sacrifice et sacrement de l'Eucharistie dediez a la tres chrestienne royne de France et de Nauarre Marie de Medicis
Paris: Laurens Sonnius, 1601.
A criticism upon modern notions of sacrifices being an examination of Dr. Taylor's scripture-doctrine of atonement examined, In Relation I. To Jewish Sacrifices. II. To the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ. To which is added an appendix, containing an examination of another notion of Jewish sacrifices, which is exhibited in an anonymous Piece
London: C. Henderson, T. Becket, P. A. de Hondt, 1761.
Sacrificio di Isacco [1625]
Gallerie Nazionali d’Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome