The Bible In Paintings 19 — OUCH!!! JESUS' CIRCUMCISION

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[Hebrews 11:6]

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JESUS LOSES

HIS FORESKIN

AND GAINS

HIS NAME

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L U K E .. 2
New International Version, emphases added
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To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
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LUKE, Chapter 2

²¹ On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

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1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"The Holy Family"

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2 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRA FILIPPO LIPPI
"Circumcision"

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3 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by VINCENZO DI BIAGIO CATENA
"The Circumcision"

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4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FEDERICO FIORI BAROCCI
"The Circumcision of Christ"

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Detail

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6 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FEDERICO FIORI BAROCCI
"Circumcision"

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7 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI BELLINI
"The Circumcision"

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8 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by SIMON BENING
"The Circumcision"

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9 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCESCO MAZZOLA PARMIGIANINO
"The Circumcision"

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10 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ALBRECHT DURER
"Circumcision"

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11 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BARENT FABRITIUS
"The Circumcision"

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12 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Circumcision of Christ"

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13 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Circumcision"

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14 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Circumcision of Christ"

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15 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CORNELIS CORNELISZOON VAN HAARLEM
"Circumcision of Christ"

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16 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MASTER OF LA SISLA
"The Circumcision"

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17 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MASTER OF LA SISLA
"The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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18 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LUIS DE CARBAJAL
"Circumcision"

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19 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GUIDO RENI
"The Circumcision of Christ"

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20 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Circumcision"

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21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LUCA SIGNORELLI
"The Circumcision"

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22 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANS FRANCKEN the Younger
"Circumcision of Christ"

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23 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CHRISTOPHER PAUDISS
"The Circumcision"

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24 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Circumcision"

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25 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI
"Circumcision"

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26 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOTTO DI BONDONE
"Circumcision"

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27 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by REMBRANDT
"The Circumcision"

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28 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by REMBRANDT
"Circumcision"

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29 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JUAN DE BORGONA
"The Circumcision and the Presentation in the Temple"

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30 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Circumcision"

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31 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MICHAEL PACHER
"Circumcision"

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32 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by TINTORETTO
"The Circumcision"

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33 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by HANS LEONHARD SCHAUFELEIN
"The Circumcision of Christ"

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34 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI MARIA VIANI
"Circumcision"

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35 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ORAZIO GENTILESCHI
"Circumcision of Christ"

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The New Testament was written in Greek. "Jesus" is the English version of the Greek "Iesous", for the Hebrew name "Yeshua", often translated as "Joshua." Yeshua is a contraction of "Yehoshua", which means "The Lord Is Salvation."

In Matthew 1:21, the angel explained to Joseph the meaning of the Christ's name:

"[Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

[Hebrews 11:6]

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BABY JESUS
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Good Morning, Dan.

This event has been a Feast Day on the Christian Calendar for millennia. Your plethora of paintings proves it too!

Jesus was Jewish! :-)

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‘Mel Brooks is Jewish?’ — Homer Simpson.

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This is what my mother wrote in my baby book, which I still have, about my circumcision: “He didn’t cry.”

[Hebrews 11:6]

There is a correct tool for every task. That’s not it.

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In some paintings we see two turtledoves (or two young pigeons) gifted to the Temple by Mary and Joseph. The dove signifies purity and peace and, in this event, the offering meant the end of Mary’s purification time after the birth, in accordance with the law of Moses.

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Brave Lad!

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I was glad those artists included those. Thanks for adding this explanation.

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LOL! :-)

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Another wonderful Giotto.

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Is that Simeon holding the Babe, with Anna kneeling?

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Yes, Simeon is holding the baby. I believe Saint Anna is behind Simeon (with the halo). I don’t think the kneeling woman has been identified. I would have to look in my Giotto books.

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Only one ox/donkey combo this time: #5.
I suspect we'll see less use of that symbolism as the story goes on.

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Only one ox/donkey combo this time: #5.
I suspect we'll see less use of that symbolism as the story goes on.

[Hebrews 11:6]

We’ll be out of the stable/barn, so oxen at least become superfluous. They were in a house during the magis’ visit, even if artists prefer the drama and romanticism of straw. But in several threads from now, their Uber ride to Egypt does indeed have very long ears.

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I observed a plethora of rams and bulls bowing down earlier.

Symbolically the submission of the ages of Aries and Taurus to the new era of Pisces (ἰχθύς)

Just one agnostic’s random maundering thought...

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>>There is a correct tool for every task. That’s not it.<<

I suppose not, but it does seem suitable.

Just like you should never serve calamari at a Bris.