{"id":62730,"date":"2019-12-15T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=62730"},"modified":"2020-04-06T13:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T10:16:18","slug":"life-of-abraham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/life-of-abraham\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of Abraham: Scenes from Hebrew Manuscripts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the completion of the &#8216;Book of Books&#8217;, its countless readers have derived inspiration from the great struggles, tests and challenges its heroes faced. It is therefore no surprise that the numerous challenges experienced by one of the Bible&#8217;s most renowned and beloved heroes \u2013 Abraham the Patriarch \u2013 are explored again and again in Western art and literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the themes most commonly adapted by medieval illuminators of Jewish manuscripts was the sentencing of Abraham to death by Nimrod, King of Ur of the Chaldees, by having him cast into a burning furnace. This story does not appear anywhere in the Bible but in <em>Bereishit Rabbah<\/em> 38:13, an ancient <em>midrash<\/em> comprised by Jewish sages to complete the missing pieces of the story of Abraham.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the famous story, Abraham is cast into a burning furnace for rejecting idolatry and miraculously survives at the hand of divine intervention. In three manuscripts written during the 14th century, the heavenly intervention is illustrated in different ways: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH000121840\/NLI?_ga=2.265142159.1858672566.1576398635-880645550.1563785330#$FL63511941\">Carpentras Passover Mahzor<\/a>, held in the British Library, shows Abraham surrounded by flames, as two angels (distinguishable by their wings) enter the furnace to rescue him.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59237\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9-\u05e0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc-\u05e2\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9-\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05dd-\u05de\u05db\u05e9\u05df-\u05d4\u05d0\u05e9-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-700px.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59237\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9-\u05e0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc-\u05e2\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9-\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05dd-\u05de\u05db\u05e9\u05df-\u05d4\u05d0\u05e9-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-700px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9-\u05e0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc-\u05e2\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9-\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05dd-\u05de\u05db\u05e9\u05df-\u05d4\u05d0\u05e9-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-700px.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9-\u05e0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05d3-\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05dc-\u05e2\u05dc-\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9-\u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05d9\u05dd-\u05de\u05db\u05e9\u05df-\u05d4\u05d0\u05e9-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-700px-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Carpentras Passover Mahzor | The British Library, London, England, 14<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second depiction of Abraham being thrown into the burning furnace is found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH003039142\/NLI#$FL56538317\">Leipzig <em>Mahzor<\/em><\/a> which was composed sometime around the year 1320. The Mahzor, located at the Leipzig University Library, shows the hand of God himself rescuing Abraham from the burning furnace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59370\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hs_l_ub_vollers_1102_2_0164v_detail_6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59370 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hs_l_ub_vollers_1102_2_0164v_detail_6X500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hs_l_ub_vollers_1102_2_0164v_detail_6X500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hs_l_ub_vollers_1102_2_0164v_detail_6X500-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hs_l_ub_vollers_1102_2_0164v_detail_6X500-369x600.jpg 369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Leipzig <em>Mahzor<\/em> | Leipzig University Library, Leipzig, Germany, 14<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The third depiction appears in the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.nli.org.il\/sites\/nli\/english\/digitallibrary\/pages\/viewer.aspx?presentorid=MANUSCRIPTS&amp;docid=PNX_MANUSCRIPTS000121842-1&amp;_ga=2.5177267.1858672566.1576398635-880645550.1563785330#|FL30137420\">Barcelona <em>Hagaddah<\/em><\/a>, a Passover <em>Haggadah<\/em> composed in Barcelona around the year 1320: King Nimrod is again shown ordering his subjects to throw Abraham into the burning furnace. Once more, winged angels intervene to ensure Abraham is not consumed by the flames.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-1320-edited-700px.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-59296\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-1320-edited-700px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-1320-edited-700px.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-1320-edited-700px-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-\u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4-1320-edited-700px-460x600.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59299\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05da-\u05dc\u05d0\u05e9-\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59299\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05da-\u05dc\u05d0\u05e9-\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05da-\u05dc\u05d0\u05e9-\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05da-\u05dc\u05d0\u05e9-\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd-\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05da-\u05dc\u05d0\u05e9-\u05d0\u05d2\u05d3\u05ea-\u05d4\u05d6\u05d4\u05d1-509x600.jpg 509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A Passover Hagaddah, <em>Nusach Sefard<\/em> | The British Library, London, England, 14<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abraham&#8217;s rescue from the burning furnace is not the only scene to be illustrated by these medieval artists. A few hundred years later we find an even more notable scene, perhaps the most famous episode in the the Hebrew Bible \u2013 the Binding of Isaac.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Italian mohel, Matsliah Yehiel Ben Moshe David, maintained a register of his work for over fifty years. The first entry in this register, known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH000093419\/NLI?_ga=2.5177267.1858672566.1576398635-880645550.1563785330#$FL22008151\"><em>Pinkas HaMohel<\/em><\/a>, was logged during the Hebrew calendar year 5552 (corresponding to the year 1792 in the Gregorian calendar) and the last is dated 5604 (1844). Most of the register is dedicated to recordings of the circumcision ceremonies he conducted over this period lasting more than fifty years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The register entries are consistent and contain the dates on which the <em>mohel<\/em> circumcised the eight-day-old infants; the names of their fathers; each child&#8217;s place of birth (e.g. &#8216;Parme&#8217; \u2013 the Italian city Parma); who held the baby on his lap during the circumcision (the godfather or <em>sandak<\/em>); and who served as <em>kvatter<\/em> (the person appointed to carry the child to be circumcised). The<em> mohel <\/em>then recorded the baby&#8217;s name, add the blessing: &#8220;May he enter into Torah, into marriage, and into good deeds, and so may it be Your will, let us say, Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from these records of his work, referred to by the register&#8217;s owner as <em>Peratim <\/em>(particulars), the register also consists of a few songs and prayers for the circumcision ceremony, pictures of scenes from the Bible and an &#8220;Introduction to the particulars&#8221;. The first picture in the register is of the Binding of Isaac. The association here is a curious one: In the Book of Genesis, the Binding of Isaac appears after the covenant between God and Abraham had already been made. Isaac should have already been circumcised by that time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59302\" style=\"width: 497px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/111111111.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59302\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/111111111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/111111111.jpg 736w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/111111111-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/111111111-476x600.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A register of circumcision | The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, USA, 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This <em>mohel <\/em>illuminator wasn\u2019t the only one to confuse the Binding of Isaac with the circumcisions of Abraham and Isaac which took place during the covenant between God and Abraham in the earlier Torah portion <em>&#8216;Lech-Lecha<\/em>&#8216; (Genesis 12:1\u201317:27). In another illustration, which appears in a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/manuscripts\/NNL_ALEPH000041452\/NLI?&amp;_ga=2.5177267.1858672566.1576398635-880645550.1563785330#$FL15721801\"><em>Sefer Evronot<\/em><\/a>, an even clearer allusion to circumcision is made in the depiction of drops of Isaac&#8217;s blood. This work was written and illustrated in Prussia in the Hebrew year of 5476 (1716). Staff members from the National Library&#8217;s manuscripts department hypothesized that the illustrations were mainly influenced by what the illustrator may have seen in his own environment, and likely also by various illustrated plaques which would have been common in nearby Christian communities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59305\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59305\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59305\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o.jpg 1696w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/74353239_10214971850640958_5806228792674353152_o-970x528.jpg 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Sefer Evronot |<\/em>\u00a0The National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, 18<sup>th<\/sup> century<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you liked this article, try these:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/en\/maimonides_commentary\/\">How a Handwritten 12th-Century Manuscript by Maimonides Ended Up at the National Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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