Editing Isaac (section)

==In art==
[[File:2138 - Milano - Abbazia di Viboldone - Giusto de' Menabuoi, Storie di Isacco - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto,.jpg|thumb|''Stories of Jacob and Isaac'' by [[Giusto de' Menabuoi]] (14th century)]]

The earliest Christian portrayal of Isaac is found in the [[Catacombs of Rome|Roman catacomb]] [[fresco]]es.<ref name="Early Christian Art">{{cite journal|author=Smith, Alison Moore|title=The Iconography of the Sacrifice of Isaac in Early Christian Art|jstor=497708|journal=American Journal of Archaeology|volume=26|issue=2|pages=159–73|doi=10.2307/497708|year=1922|s2cid=191366399}}</ref> Excluding the fragments, Alison Moore Smith classifies these artistic works in three categories:

{{Quote|Abraham leads Isaac towards the altar; or Isaac approaches with the bundle of sticks, Abraham having preceded him to the place of offering {{omission}} Abraham is upon a pedestal and Isaac stands near at hand, both figures in orant [[attitude (art)|attitude]] {{omission}} Abraham is shown about to sacrifice Isaac while the latter stands or kneels on the ground beside the altar. Sometimes Abraham grasps Isaac by the hair. Occasionally the ram is added to the scene and in the later paintings the [[Hand of God (art)|Hand of God]] emerges from above.<ref name="Early Christian Art"/>}}