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Marc Chagall, 1887–1985

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The Hospitality of Abraham

Genesis 18

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David and Absalom (from 'The Bible') by Marc Chagall ?slide=2

Tamar and Amnon

2 Samuel 13

Queen Vashti Leaving the Royal Palace, fragment of a Florentine cassone with the Scenes with the Story of Esther by Filippino Lippi
Ahaseurus Sends Vashti Away (Assuérus Chasse Vashti) by Marc Chagall
Vashti's Tail by Richard McBee

Banished Vashti

Esther 1

Psalm 136 (Psalm 137) from St Albans Psalter by Unknown English artist
Three paintings in the Abu Ghraib prison series as displayed at the Parque Fundidora in Monterrey City, Mexico, January 2008 by Fernando Botero
The Western Wall ('By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep...') by Marc Chagall

By the Rivers of Babylon

Psalm 137

King David and his Musicians from the Vespasian Psalter by Unknown artist, England
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh
Joseph by Marc Chagall

A Song of Thanksgiving

Psalm 147

His lips are like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh… Solomon’s Song 5:12, 13 by Lika Tov
Le Cantique des Cantiques II (Song of Songs II I.7) by Marc Chagall
Photo: Frederic Griffiths Photography by Edward Burne-Jones

Seek and You Shall Find

Song of Solomon 5:2–6:3

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Fire in the Bones

Jeremiah 20

White Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Bedouin Crucifixion by Ygael Tumarkin
Untitled (The Crucified) by Mosche Castel

Reinscribing The Cross

Matthew 27:37; Mark 15:26; Luke 23:38; John 19:19-22

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

Finding Meaning in Suffering

1 Peter 4:12–19


Cézanne, Paul Champaigne, Philippe de

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