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 Origin of the Biblical Scapegoat Ritual: The Evidence of Two Eblaite Text
in: Vetus Testamentum, v. 48 (1998), issue 2: pp.254-263.
Raspeće Hristovo i stradanja apostola(Crucifixion and the Martyrdoms of the Apostles) (1751)
Galerija Matice Srpske, Novi Sad
Ritual Sacrifice of a Calf (1712)
from: Theophili Amilii... Erörterung der dunckelsten und schwersten Schrifft-Stellen im N. Testament, Franckfurt, Samuel Heyl, 1712
Wikimedia & google books
Lezioni sacre sopra la divina scrittura
Venice: Paolo Baglioni, 1714.
Disputed Mission. Jesuit Experiments and Brahmanical Knowledge in Seventeenth-Century India
Delhi-New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Agnus Dei. (1635-1640)
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Samson breaking the pillars of the house of the Philistines (1535)
from: Chronica, Beschreybung und gemeyne anzeyge, Vonn aller Wellt herkommen....', Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1535
The British Museum, London
Samson's Sacrifice [1470 - 1475]
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The sacrifice of Samuel at Masfa and the flight of the Philistines [1650]
from: France
Istituto d'Arte Duccio di Boninsegna
Relief of Samson destroying the Temple (XVI)
Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Sala Capitolare, portale dello scalone
De kinderen in't dal Topeth, aan den Molech ter verbrandinge overgegeven (1701)
from: Petrus Cunaeus, Willem Goeree (transl.), De Republyk Der Hebreen, of Gemeenebest der Joden, in drie boeken, Amsterdam, 1701, p. 32
De Loting over de Twee Bokken op den Verfoendag (1701)
from: Petrus Cunaeus, Willem Goeree (transl.), De Republyk Der Hebreen, of Gemeenebest der Joden, in drie boeken, Amsterdam, 1701, p. 433
Temple Worship [1471]
from: Mishneh Torah, Opening panel to Sefer Avodah (Italy or Spain)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jephte Sacrifices his Daughter (1481 - 1485)
Siena Cathedral
Recedentibus aquis diluvii a facie terrae, arca omnia contenta eiicit; Noe autem, ara extructa, Deum immolatione placavit. Gen. VIII [1581]
from: van der Borcht, P. Imagines et figurae Bibliorum, Antwerp, J. Villanus, 1581
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1635)
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
The Sacrifice of Manoah [1641]
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Samson tears down the temple of the Philistines (1551-1575)
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
Sacrifice of Isaac (18th Century)
Private collection