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.
Le sacrifice dans l'évangile et les épitres de Jean
in: Cahiers Évangile, v. 118 (2002), issue : pp..
The Abraham and Isaac Panel: The Sacrifice from the Competition to the Gates of Paradise.
in: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise: Humanism, History, and Artistic Philosophy in the Italian Renaissance, pp. 96-130
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Colloquium of the Seven About Secrets of the Sublime
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
Exactis duobus mensibus reversa est Virgo ad Patrem suum et fecit ei secundum votum suum. Iud. Cap. II. (1579)
from: Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum Veteris Testamenti, elegantissimis imaginibus expressum excellentissimorum in hac arte virorum opera, Sumptibus atque expensis, [Antwerp], Gerardi de Iode, 1579
Bibliothèque National de France
The Sacrifice of Isaac (detail of the Prado's Adoration of the Magi) (1494)
Madrid, Museo del Prado
Abraham in Judentum, Christentum und Islam
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009.
Sacrifice of Gideon [1728]
Musée du Louvre, Paris
King Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols (1640(?))
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Sacrifice of Noah (1640)
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras
Opfer als Gedächtnis: Auf dem Weg zu einer befreienden theologischen Rede von Opfer
Münster: LIT, 2001.
0. General bibliography (19th-21th Century) 1. Sacrifice and Bible (16th-18th Century) 2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16th-18th Century)
Sacrificing a Child in Ancient Greece: the Case of Iphigeneia
in: The Sacrifice of Isaac: The Aqedah (Genesis 22) and its Interpretations, pp. 21-43
Leiden - Boston - Cologne: Brill, 2002.
Sacrificio di Gioacchino (XVII)
Chiesa di Breonio, Veneto
The Story of Samson [1525 - 1530]
Kunstmuseum, Basel
Temple and Sacrifice in Rabbinic Judaism
Evanston: Seabury-western Theological Seminary, 1963.
Abraham leading his son Isaac to sacrifice [1500-1550]
Louvre, Paris
Relacion nueva, verdadera y copiosa de los sagrados lugares de Ierusalen y Tierrasanta. De las misericordias divinas, que en ellos resplandecen, de los muchos trabajos, y afliciones que por conservarlos en piedad Christiana padecen los Religiosos del Serafico Padre San Francisco, que los habitan. Y de los grandes gastos que tienen con los Turcos. Ordenada por el Padre Fray Blas de Buyza, de la misma Orden, Secretario en la Curia Romana, y Comissario de la Tierrasanta
Madrid: Viuda de Alonso Martin, 1622.