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 Iconography of the Sacrifice of Isaac in Early Christian Art
in: American Journal of Archaeology, v. 26 (1922), issue 2: pp.159-173.
Blood
in: Anchor Bible Dictionary, pp. 761-763
Yale : Yale University Press, 1992.
The Last Trial: On the Legends and Lore of the Command to Abraham to Offer Isaac as a Sacrifice: The Akedah
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of American, 1967.
Sacrificial Blood in the Bible
in: Biblica, v. 40 (1959), issue : pp.556-567.
Penitence and Sacrifice in Early Israel Outside the Levitical Law
Leiden: Brill, 1963.
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.
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 and Priesthood in Relation to the Christian Life and Church in the New Testament
in: Sacrifice in the Bible, pp. 136-156
Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1995.
Ritual and Rhetoric in Leviticus: From Sacrifice to Scripture
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Ritual and Metaphor: Sacrifice in the Bible
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
Ritual and Metaphor: Sacrifice in the Bible
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.
The Smoke of Sacrifice: Anthropomorphism and Figure in Karel van Mallery’s Sacrifice of Cain and Abel for Louis Richeome’s Tableaux Sacrez (1601) Michel Weemans
in: The Anthropomorphic Lens. Anthropomorphism, Microcosmism and Analogy in Early Modern Thought and Visual Arts, pp. 480–515
Leiden: Brill, 2015.
The Theology of Old Testament Sacrifice
in: Sacrifice in the Bible, pp. 75-87
Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1995.