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Food in the Bible

Images

  • Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.
  • Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • Abraham gives food to his three strange guests. Stipple engraving by G.S Facius and J.G. Facius, 1781, after B.E. Murillo.
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Catalogue

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    Zur Bibel. Naturhistorische, anthropologische und medicinische Fragmente / Von J.B. Friedreich.

    Friedreich, J. B. (Johannes Baptista), 1796-1862. | Date: 1848
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    Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

    Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767. | Reference: 20714i
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    From feasting to fasting, the evolution of a sin : attitudes to food in late antiquity / Veronika E. Grimm.

    Grimm, Veronika E., 1934- | Date: 1996
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    Food in ancient Judah : domestic cooking in the time of the Hebrew Bible / Cynthia Shafer-Elliott.

    Shafer-Elliott, Cynthia, 1975- | Date: 2013
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    Judaic rituals in the Old Testament. Engraving.

    | Reference: 20170i
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