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The Old Testament

This list organises paintings by the Old Testament book they were inspired by. 

Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Genesis 2: The Temptation of Eve  

Genesis 6: Noah's ark - See Ship of the Church 

Genesis 22: Abraham's Sacrifice  

Genesis 32: Jacob Wrestles with the Angel

Exodus 2:  Moses and Pharoah's Daughter

Exodus 14: Drowning of Pharoah's Army 

Numbers 12 / Deuteronomy 15:  Second Moses

Historical: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Maccabees

1 Kings 19: see Cross of the Eucharist

2 Kings 2:  Elijah and Elisha 

Wisdom: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom, Ecclesiastes

Job 14:    Hope for a Tree

Psalm 17:             The Shadow of Your Wings [2]

Psalm 17,22,74:   Angel and Leopard

Psalm 51:             Wash Me Whiter Than Snow 

Psalm 91 :            The Fowler's Snare

Psalm 137:           By the Banks of the Babylon We Sat And Wept  

Song of Solomon:   Perfume Bride & Groom

Song of Solomon 1: Kiss Me 

                                      Come Let Us Run 

                                    To My Mare I Compare You 

Song of Solomon 2: Spring 

                                    Like a Deer Leaping Mountains 

                                    Lattice Window  

Song of Solomon 4: Behind Your Veil 

Song of Solomon 5: I Open To My Beloved

                                      Searching Bride [3]

                                    The Watchmen

                                    They Beat Me [2]  

Song of Solomon 7: Palm Tree 

Prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel

Isaiah 2:    Swords into Ploughshares   

Isaiah 5:    My Vineyard 

Isaiah 11:   Boy and the Snake 

                   Great Peace

Isaiah 29:  Potter and Clay   

Isaiah 40:  Grasshopper

Jeremiah 38:  Jeremiah in the Well

Daniel 6:  Daniel in the Lion's Den

 

See also - Christmas Tripytch

                  Good Shepherd and the Leviathan

Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachai 

Jonah 1:   Jonah Fish

Zechariah 2:  Wall of Fire 

See Also

The New Testament

Other Works 

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