FICHIER: 08 SSS GARTEMPES JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY.jpg

DESCRIPTION: 08 SSS Gartempes Joseph Sold into Slavery Images of Religious and Theological Iconography Vanderbilt University, Divinity Library Nashville, TN, 2003 Click on the thumbnail to view the image or file. Title: Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, France - Joseph Sold into Slavery Creator(s) or Contributor(s): Womack, James, photographer Description: Fresco on the lower south register of the nave, depicting Joseph being sold by his brothers to the Midianite traders who in turn sell him into slavery in Egypt (although according to the biblical account the Midianite traders themselves draw Joseph out of the pit into which the brothers have thrown him, thereby forestalling their scheme to sell him, the painting opted to depict an imaginary episode foreshadowing Jesus' betrayal by Judah). JPG file (542 KB) Source: Digitized from slide Subject: Christian art and symbolism--France--Medieval, 500-1500 GEN 37: 25-28 Joseph (Son of Jacob) Midianites