Painted Prophecy: The Hebrew Bible through Christian Eyes

Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 - Sunday, May 29th, 2022

Images drawn from the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the "Old Testament") were among the most popular subjects for Christian illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages. This exhibition brings manuscripts that explore the medieval Christian understanding of Hebrew scripture into dialogue with the Rothschild Pentateuch, a masterpiece of the Jewish manuscript tradition. Together, these objects from different religious traditions demonstrate how the Hebrew Bible was a living document, its contents subject to interpretation dependent on time and place.

Daily 10am – 5:30pm
Monday CLOSED

Admission is free, though temporarily requires a timed-entry reservation.

Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive

Los Angeles, CA

34.087700910747, -118.4757863

Painted Prophecy: The Hebrew Bible through Christian Eyes