Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld1860

Rahab Hides the Spies

Rahab hides the two Israelite spies among the flax on her roof and sends the king's men off in the wrong direction, asking only that her household be spared (Joshua 2). A wood engraving from Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld's Die Bibel in Bildern (1860).

Rahab Hides the Spies by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld depicting Joshua 2:1
View full resolutionPublic domain via Wikimedia Commons. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794–1872), Die Bibel in Bildern, Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1860.Source

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About Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

1794-1872 · German

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a German Nazarene painter whose "Die Bibel in Bildern" (1852–1860), a cycle of 240 woodcuts, became one of the most widely circulated Protestant Bible picture books of the 19th century.