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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Abraham is shown with knife in hand about to sacrifice Isaac, who is bound and resting atop a pile of wood on a stone altar. A ram and a pot with fire are nearby, and an angel flies overhead.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: As Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac with his sword on the flaming altar nearby, an angel restrains him. A ram appears caught in a thicket nearby Akedah
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: From his ornate throne/seat, Isaac blesses Jabob, as Rachel stands nearby with a dish of food in hand and Esau is visible running with bow and arrow and with a dog outside.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Abraham holds a sword overhead, about to slay his son Isaac, when an angel intervenes. To the side is a ram, horns entangled in a thicket, and a pot of coals for the sacrifice. This is one of several full-page woodcuts, perhaps prepared by Lucas Cranach for Luther’s translation of the Old Testament.