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.
Obras de San Pedro Pascual, Mártir, Obispo de Jaén y Religioso de la Merced, en su lengua original, con la traducción latina y algunas anotaciones
Roma: Tipografia della Pace - Imprenta Salustiana, 1906 - 1908.
Melquisedek, o El sacerdocio real
Buenos Aires: Itinerarium, 1959.
Samson Hostes Suos Exitio Dans Moritur [1711 - 1720]
from: Bernard Picart; Gerard Hoet, Figures de la Bible, Amsterdam, B. Picart, 1720
The Sacrifice of Isaac (16th Century)
Bibliothèque municipale, Lyon
Abraham in History and Tradition
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974.
Sacrificio e sacerdozio. Letture del Levitico tra giudaismo e cristianesimo
in: SMSR (Special Issue), v. 87 (2021), issue 1: pp.--.
Sacrifice of Cain and Abel [1554 - 1555]
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1554 - 1555]
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
The Sacrifice of Isaac [1542 - 1544]
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
The Sacrifice of Abel (1530-1535)
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
Sacrificio di Isacco [1625 - 1630]
Museo civico di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
Stradanje deset Kritskih mučenika (The Ten Martyrs of Crete) (1694)
Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad
After water had thrice been poured over Elijah's sacrifice, fire descended from heaven to consume it, whereupon the people renounced the worship (1530-1538)
from: Book of Hours. Use of Rome (Hours of Eleonora Ippolita Gonzaga)
Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Douce 29
Landscape with Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac in left foreground, (1605-1652)
The British Museum, London
Titlepage of Theatrum Biblicum (1639)
from: Theatrum biblicum, hoc est historiæ sacræ Veteris et Novi Testamenti tabulis æneis expressæ. Opus præstantissimorum huius ac superioris seculi pictorum atque sculptorum, summo studio conquisitum et in lucem editum per Nicolaum Iohannis Piscatorem. Amsterdam, 1639
Dissertatio theologica tertia, de festo tabernaculorum: quæ singularem ordinem sacrificiorum in eo faciendorum exponit, ad Numer. XXIX. 12-38
n. p.: Henricus Halma, 1721.
Iohannis Volkelii Misnici De vera religione libri quinque: quibus praefixus est Iohannis Crelli Franci liber De Deo et ejus attributis, ita ut unum cum illis opus constitat
Raków: Typis Sebastiani Sternacii, 1630.
Sacrifice in Egypt (1776 -1825)
Herzog August Bibliothek