Practice question · Multiple choice
A stained-glass window shows the Crucifixion flanked by the sacrifice of Isaac and the brazen serpent. Why is that arrangement an argument rather than three stories?
Hints
- Ask what the two Old Testament scenes have in common with the central one.
- A father offering his son, and a figure raised up to save those who look.
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D. The two flanking scenes are types prefiguring the central antitype, so the layout asserts that the Testaments are one book
Why
Because the flanking scenes are types of the central antitype: a father offering his only son, and a figure raised up so that those who look are saved. The layout asserts that the earlier Testament contains the later in figure, which is a thesis about scripture, made in glass.
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