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The Sacrifice of Isaac by Caravaggio (1603), in the Baroque tenebrist manner. The Binding of Isaac (Hebrew: עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק , romanized: ʿAqēḏaṯ Yīṣḥaq), or simply "The Binding" (הָעֲקֵידָה , hāʿAqēḏā), is a story from chapter 22 of the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
The Brome play of Abraham and Isaac (also known as The Brome "Abraham and Isaac", The Brome Abraham, and The Sacrifice of Isaac) is a fifteenth-century play of unknown authorship, written in an East Anglian dialect [1] of Middle English, which dramatises the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.
The Sacrifice of Isaac is the title of two paintings from c. 1598 - 1603 depicting the sacrifice of Isaac.The paintings could be painted by the Italian master Caravaggio (1571–1610) but there is also strong evidence that they may have been the work of Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, a talented early member of the Caravaggio following who is known to have been in Spain about 1617–1619.
There has been a historical account of rams' horns preserved in the Kaaba until the year 683, which are believed to be the remains of the sacrifice of Ishmael – the first son of Abraham, who most Muslims believe was the son Abraham tied down and almost sacrificed, and not Isaac. [4]
Abraham and Isaac, also known as the Sacrifice of Isaac (Italian: Sacrificio di Isacco), is an oil painting by the Venetian painter Titian. It was made in about 1543–1544 for the church of Santo Spirito , but is now in the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute .
Silentio first presents four alternate Abrahams—different ways Abraham might have approached and carried out the command to sacrifice Isaac—in the “Exordium” of the text, who, although they are prepared to follow God’s command to sacrifice Isaac, are nevertheless considered to be without faith. [4]
Abraham and Isaac may refer to: Binding of Isaac, a story in the Abrahamic religions in which God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac; The Brome play of Abraham and Isaac, a fifteenth-century play of unknown authorship; Abraham and Isaac (Goodman play), a 1935 drama by Paul Goodman; Abraham and Isaac, a c. 1544 painting by Titian
The sacrifice of Isaac is cited in appeals for the mercy of God in later Jewish traditions. [26] The post-biblical Jewish interpretations often elaborate the role of Isaac beyond the biblical description and primarily focus on Abraham's intended sacrifice of Isaac, called the aqedah ("binding"). [3]