Fractured families and rebel maidservants : the Biblical Hagar in seventeenth-century Dutch art and literature
Examines of the story of Hagar and Ishmael through the eyes of seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Hagar's tale is among the more disturbing, complex accounts of a female figure in the Old Testament, a tragic tale of servitude and heir-making surrogacy. This work looks at Dutch painting to recover Hagar's reputation.
Art
xviii, 189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
9780567028914, 9780567029010, 0567028917, 0567029018
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Ch. 1. The story of Hagar and Ishmael in traditional Christian literature : ancient, patristic, medieval, and sixteenth-century interpretations
Ch. 2. Of households and thresholds : seventeenth-century Dutch Christian literature and the story of Hagar
Ch. 3. Paintings of Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham as wife (Gen. 16:2-4)
Ch. 4. The runaway Hagar encounters the angel (Gen. 16:6-14)
Ch. 5. Paintings of the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (Gen. 21:14)
Ch. 6. Saving Hagar and Ishmael : the wilderness-rescue (Gen. 21:15-19)
Summary and conclusion
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