A few of Elijah
Greek Orthodox Icon, The Prophet Elijah
Elijah in the Wilderness, Raphael or Raphael’s school
Russian Orthodox Icon, Elijah in the Desert
And for the Reading from Matthew of Jesus and Peter on the sea of Galilee
Gustav Dore, Jesus Appears to the Disciples
Amedee Varin (1818-1883) Le Christ marchant sur la mer
Ivan Aivazovsky, Walking on Water (1890s)
Francois Boucher, Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on the Water (1766)
Also James B. Janknegt’s picture Walking on Water
This is typically the second Sunday of John the Baptist readings for the season of Advent, so a few images of John the Baptist first and then I’m going to break from the Revised Common Lectionary this Sunday in Year A (Matthew) and use the genealogy in Matthew’s gospel as a way to introduce the story. So John the Baptist first, as I mentioned last week John the Baptist is a favorite of artists so there are lots more out there, but a few include:
Joan de Joanes, Saint John the Baptist, 1560
John the Baptist, Icon from Macedonia 14th Century
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1869
Now for the Geneology of Matthew which is punctuated (unusual for a geneology) by a number of women including
Tamar:
Horace Vernet, Judah and Tamar 1840
Rahab:
James Tissot, The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies
Ruth
William Blake, Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah
Bathsheeba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite
Artemisia Gentileschi, Bathshedba, first half of the 17th Century
The good kings of Israel and later Judah and the bad:
King Josiah by Julius Schnoor von Carolseld
The Exile in Babylon
James Tissot, The Flight of the Prisoners
And the return
Nehemiah View the Ruins of jerusalem’s Walls, Gustav Dore 1866
And finally Joseph
Guido Reni, Saint Joseph with the Infant Jesus, 1635
Since I have begun my new position at Rejoice Lutheran Church in Frisco, Texas and they are using the Revised Common Lectionary I am going to begin posting public domain Christian art I find for the upcoming week (some of which I will use, others I will not) and maybe someone else might find this helpful in their process of thinking about the texts.
Archangel Michael defeating evil, at the Michaelkirche close to Hofburg imperial palace in Vienna
Statue of Archangel Michael by August Vogel over the portal of St. Michael’s in Hamburg, Neustadt
Illustration for John Milton’s Paradise Lost by Gustav Dore (1866)
Illustration for John Milton’s Paradise Lost by Gustav Dore (1866)
Archangel Michael by Guido Reni (1636)
Michael the Archangel. A 13th Century Byzantine icon from the Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1562)
Sign of the Rose 