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Oct 47-117
Dimensions / Size : The sheet: 41 cm by 24 cm.The board: 35.5 cm by 22 cm.
Original engraving from 1728 on beautiful laid paper.
Some small defects in the margins, and minor foxing.Beautiful copy.
Artist : Gerard I HOET (1648-1733).
Engraver : Jan VAN VIANEN (c.1660-c.1726).
In transparency:
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Abigail\'s life is recounted in the 1st book of Samuel (chapter 25)1.
Abigail lived in Maon. Her husband, Nabal, was a wealthy sheep and goat breeder. While shearing, David and his men had watched over Nabal\'s lands and protected his flocks. David sent his messengers to him. But Nabal gave them this answer2:
“Who is David? Who is Ichai\'s son? There are many slaves today who escape from their masters! »
“I will go and take my bread, my water, the meat that I killed for my shearers, and give everything to people who come from who knows where! »
David took umbrage at the ingratitude expressed by Nabal. Nabal\'s wife Abigail was informed of the incident and in order to prevent David from thinking of revenge and ruin falling on her husband and his property, Abigail, without informing her husband, went to David with food for David and his men. She exhorted him:
“May my lord be kind enough not to beware of this rascal Nabal; he is indeed what his name indicates: Nabal, Fool; and he is. \"...
“It is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking revenge on your own hand. »
So accept the present that your servant brings to my lord; let it be distributed to the people in your suite... »
Then she reminded him that God will assure him of long descendants4.
American theologian Jon D. Levenson identified this act as an \"undeniable foreshadowing\" of Nathan\'s prophecy in the second book of Samuel - chapter 75.6. Alice Bach, professor of religious studies, points out that Abigail made a crucial prophecy7. The Talmud considers Abigail to be one of the seven female prophets of the Tanakh8. However, Jon D. Levenson suggests that Abigail \"senses the story\'s drift\" and that her utterance is due to her intelligence rather than being a special revelation.5
The next morning, Abigail told Nabal the whole story. About ten days later, “Nabal, stricken by the Lord, died”10.
When he heard the news, David returned to Maon and married Abigail11.
Cautious Abigail by Juan Antonio Escalante
The first book of Samuel describes Abigail as “intelligent and beautiful”12. The Tanakh reports the same terms. The Talmud amplifies this image by mentioning her as one of “the four women in the world superior in beauty”13.
Regarding her moral qualities, the theologian Abraham Kuyper describes Abigail as having “a very attractive character and possessing an unshakable faith”14. Alice Bach considers it to be subversive15.
Theologian Jon D. Levenson suggests that Abigail may be the same person as Abigail, mother of Amasa,16 although Richard M. Davidson points out that \"based on the final form of the Old Testament, references to Abigail in the Bible texts indicate two different The prudent Abigail - Luca Giordano - 1696-1697 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid)
David and Abigail - Pieter van Lint
The meeting of David and Abigail - Peter Paul Rubens (1630) (Washington-National Gallery of Art)
David and Abigail - Joseph Schönmann
Abigail\'s offering - David Teniers the Elder
David and Abigail - Frans Pourbus the Elder (1570) (Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum)
The meeting of David and Abigail - Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) art
Abigail is one of 1,038 women referenced in the contemporary art work The Dinner Party (1979) by Judy Chicago. Her name is associated with Bible - Ed. Brepols (1965) - 1st book of Samuel - chapter 25:3 - p. 261
Maredsous Bible - Ed. Brepols (1965) - 1st book of Samuel - chapter 25:10 - p. 262
Maredsous Bible - Ed. Brepols (1965) - 1st book of Samuel - chapter 25:25 - p. 262
Maredsous Bible - Ed. Brepols (1965) - 1st book of Samuel - chapter 25:28 - p. 262
Jon D. Levenson - 1978 ) 1 Samuel 25 as LiteratuDavid took umbrage at the ingratitude expressed by Nabal. Nabal\'s wife Abigail was informed of the incident and in order to prevent David from thinking of revenge and ruin falling on her husband and his property, Abigail, without informing her husband, went to David with food for David and his men. She exhorted him: American theologian Jon D. Levenson identified this act as an \"undeniable foreshadowing\" of Nathan\'s prophecy in the second book of Samuel - chapter 75.6. Alice Bach, professor of religious studies, points out that Abigail made a crucial prophecy7. The Talmud considers Abigail to be one of the seven female prophets of the Tanakh8. However, Jon D. Levenson suggests that Abigail \"senses the story\'s drift\" and that her utterance is due to her intelligence rather than being a speci
