by hadassah | Nov 4, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
Binding of Isaac, Hispano-Moresque Haggadah, Castile, Spain, c.1300. Because of the stern injunction against representing God, images depicting the Almighty are rarely found in Jewish book art. However, artists did find other ways of depicting divine presence,...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
Jacob’s Struggle With the Angel, Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. (Genesis 32-24) Utterly alone in the dead of night, Jacob is attacked by a mysterious assailant. Despite the fact that Scripture...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
An Angel Prevents the Sacrifice of Isaac, Rembrandt (1606-1669). Consider the play of hands in this canvas painting. The helpless hands behind Isaac’s back render him a passive sacrificial offering. As for the hands of the angel of the Lord – one...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
Abraham and Isaac, Rembrandt, 1645 …And the two of them walked on together. Then Isaac said to Abraham his father, ‘Father!’ and he answered, ‘Yes, my son.’ And he said, ‘Here are the fire and the wood; but where is the sheep...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael, Rembrandt (1606-1669) The matter distressed Abraham greatly, for it concerned his son…And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her...
by hadassah | Jul 15, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible
Critical Approaches to the Bible Overview Introduction to Genesis 12-50, Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Primary sources Genesis 12-36 Genesis 37-50 Genesis 22- The Sacrifice of Isaac, Texts and Traditions, ed. Lawrence H. Schiffman,...
