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  1. Old Testament and Apocrypha

Genesis


The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise by Giovanni di Paolo
God as Creator of the World with a Compass, from the Bible moralisée by Unknown artist [Paris]
The Separation of Light and Dark by Michelangelo Buonarroti

In the Beginning

Genesis 1:1–2

The Creation from the series Illustrations of the Bible by John Martin
Baptistry window in Coventry Cathedral by John Piper and Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens
"The Division of the Light from the Darkness," illustration III, in the book Genesis from the Bible (Soho, London: The Nonesuch Press) by Paul Nash

Let There be Light

Genesis 1:3–5

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

The Sixth Day of Creation

Genesis 1:24–31

The Creation of Adam, After Michelangelo by Vik Muniz
The Creation of Adam by Unknown Byzantine artist
'The Creation of God' by Harmonia Rosales

Forming the Human

Genesis 2:4–8

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Adam Naming the Animals

Genesis 2:18–20

The Fall, Adam and Eve Tempted by the Snake, from the Diptych of the Fall and the Redemption, left wing by Hugo van der Goes
The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens
Adam and Eve by Titian

The Fall

Genesis 3:1–13

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Crushing the Serpent

Genesis 3:14–15

Mother and Child (Divided) by Damien Hirst
Fragile Goddess by Louise Bourgeois
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Eve’s Punishment

Genesis 3:16, 20; 4:1–2

The Potato Eaters by Vincent van Gogh
Adam and Eve by Jan Gossaert
Aschenblume by Anselm Kiefer

Adam’s Curse

Genesis 3:17–19, 23

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Hereford Mappa Mundi by Richard of Haldingham and Lafford [Richard de Bello]
Adam and Eve (Banished from the Garden) by Damien Hirst

Expulsion and Exile

Genesis 3:22–24

Cain killing Abel by Niccolò Tornioli
Cain and Abel by Titian
Cain slaying Abel by Peter Paul Rubens

Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:3–16

Event Horizon by Antony Gormley
First page of Genealogy, Adam and Eve, from The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures by John Speed, issued in Holy Bible by unknown artist
Mirror Piece I by Joan Jonas

In the Image and Likeness of God

Genesis 5

The Exit from the Ark, illumination from the Bedford Hours by Master of the Munich Golden Legend
Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat Simon de Myle
The Flood; unloading the Ark; Noah's offering from the south barrel vault, west narthex by Unknown artist

Out of the Ark

Genesis 8:1–19

The Rainbow and Noah Freeing the Animals from the Ark, from the south barrel vault, west narthex by Unknown artist
Dome by Vincenzo Foppa (?)
Untitled by Dan Flavin

The First Rainbow

Genesis 8:20–9:17

The Drunkenness of Noah by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Drunkenness of Noah by Giovanni Bellini
The Drunkenness of Noah by Bernardo Cavallino

The Drunkenness of Noah

Genesis 9:18–10:32

The Return of Sarah by the Egyptians, from The Story of Abraham Series by Woven by Willem de Pannemaker after designs by Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder
The Veiled Virgin by Giovanni Strazza
Pharaoh gives Sarah back to Abraham by Isaac Isaacsz.

Silences

Genesis 12:10–20; 20:1–18

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Abram the Warlord

Genesis 14:1–17

The Lost Path by Frederick Walker
Hagar and Ishmael by Jean-François Millet
Genesis 16 verse, chapter 14 : And Abraham was fourscore and six when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abraham by Thomas Rowlandson

Hagar’s Exile and Return

Genesis 16

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The Hospitality of Abraham

Genesis 18

Lot's Wife by Unknown artist
Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by Joachim Patinir
View from the town hall tower to the south with the allegory of kindness (sculpture by August Schreitmüller, 1908–10), from the series Dresden after the bombardment of 13–14 February 1945 by Richard Peter Sr

Lot’s Wife

Genesis 19:1–29

Hagar by Karel Gomes
Abraham's Farewell to Ishmael by George Segal
Hagar by Edmonia Lewis

Get Out

Genesis 21:8–21

Abraham Caressing Isaac by Rembrandt van Rijn
Wooded Landscape with Abraham and Isaac by Jan Brueghel the Elder
Sacrifice of Isaac, from Commentary on the Pentateuch, part 2 by Joel ben Simeon

The Journey to Moriah

Genesis 22:1–5

Melchizedek, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, and David by Unknown French artist
Abraham about to Slay Isaac, Baptistry Doors Competition Panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Story of Abraham by Lorenzo Ghiberti

The Binding of Isaac

Genesis 22:6–24

Jacob's Ladder by William Blake
Descent by Anna Freeman Bentley
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Jacob’s Ladder

Genesis 28:10–22

Hendrick ter Brugghen by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Jacob Reproaching Laban for Giving him Leah in Place of Rachel by Hendrick ter Brugghen
Pregnant Self Portrait by Ghislaine Howard

Leah’s Struggles

Genesis 29:21–35

Venus of Urbino by Titian
Wall Drawing #1144, Broken Bands of Color in Four Directions by Sol Lewitt
Jacob Laying Peeled Rods before the Flocks of Laban by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Images, Imagination, Procreation, and Immersion

Genesis 30:25–43; 31:1–16

Jacob and the Angel by Jacob Epstein
Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) by Paul Gauguin
Jakob Ringt mit den Engel (Jacob Wrestles with the Angel) by Max Beckmann

Jacob Wrestling the Angel

Genesis 32:22–32

Joseph sent to Sechem by Jacob by Unknown artist
Joseph sent to Sechem by Jacob, from the Vienna Genesis by Unknown artist
Roundel Illustrating Episodes from the Biblical Story of Joseph by Unknown Egyptian artist

Joseph Is Sold

Genesis 37:13–36

We Are All Prostitutes, from the Market Street Cinema series by Leon Mostovoy
Peter von Cornelius by Emile Jean Horace Vernet
Mother and Child Juniper Fleming

Tamar

Genesis 38

Joseph Sold into Slavery, Bad Blood, False Accusations and Portents of the Future, from The Crusader Bible (The Morgan Picture Bible) by Unknown French artist
Zulaykha Seizing the Skirt of Yusuf's Robe, from a Yusuf and Zulaykha of Jami by Unknown Bukharan artist
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife and Scenes from the life of Joseph, from the Golden Haggadah by Unknown artist

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

Genesis 39

Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams by Peter von Cornelius
The Triumph of Joseph by Hilaire Pader
Scenes from the life of Joseph from the Golden Haggadah (upper right: Pharaoh's dream; upper left: Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dream in front of his counsellors; lower right: Joseph ordering the arrest of Simeon; lower left: Joseph) by unknown artist

Joseph’s Rise to Power

Genesis 41


Exodus

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