1 Maccabees

Alexander’s Flight to Heavens with Griffins, from Peter Comestor’s Historia Scholastica by Unknown artist, Austria

Alexander Summoning His Generals to His Deathbed and Dividing His Empire Among them, from the Bible of Borso d’Este (vol. 2) by Taddeo Crivelli

Alexander Killing Darius, from the Breviary of Pope Martin V by Unknown artist, Avignon

1 Maccabees 1:1–9 The Marvellous King the Bible Could not Ignore

Mattathias Opposing a Heathen Sacrifice by Zeev Raban

Judas Maccabeus, The Warrior by Jack Levine

Hanukkah lamp by Yihye Yemini

1 Maccabees 2 Reclaiming the Maccabees

Additions to the Book of Daniel: Bel and the Dragon

More Exhibitions

The Creation of the World, Endpaper from Wittenberg Luther Bible of 1534 by Lucas Cranach the Younger and Monogrammist MS

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Tapestry of Creation (The Girona Tapestry) by Unknown artist

Genesis 1:24–31 The Sixth Day of Creation

The Circumcision, by Federico Barocci

The Circumcision, by Giulio Romano

Presentation of Christ at the Temple, by Andrea Mantegna

Luke 2:21 The Circumcision of Jesus

Calanais Standing Stones central stone circle

Silence and Beauty—Mysterion, by Makoto Fujimura

THE LORD WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE ACROSS JORDAN, by Howard Finster

Joshua 3–4 Crossing the Jordan