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Reflections of Richard Serrin on painting the
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Two Israelites have already passed the inert body. Why? Two questions might have occurred to them: Was he dead? Was he a leper?
Were he dead they could do nothing for him, yet were they to touch the body they would have been unclean for seven days and unable to worship in the Temple. On third and seventh day they would have had to ritually wash themselves, and on the latter, their clothes as well. It is the law, also, that he who fails to cleanse himself defiles the Temple and the whole community, and would himself be cut off from all intercourse with either.
Were by chance the man to be a leper, and they touched him, his condition would be theirs as well, a serious social impediment in ancient Israel. And, of course, alive or dead or leprous, he may have been a despised Samaritan for whom they would be reluctant to risk so much annoyance to their lives.
And what of the Samaritan? Though held in contempt by the Jews, he could very well have been bound by the same Levitical laws; the man on the road may even have been a Jew. Thus was he good, our Samaritan, when he dismounted to aid a fellow creature and compassion compelled him to take him in his arms whatever the consequences.
Richard Serrin
Purchase Information:
17' x 22" paper size (Image size 16" diameter of circular paintings) These prints are reproduced on Natural White Entrada 300 gsm Archival Acid Free Paper with archival inks.
8-1/2" x 11 paper size (Image size 7-3/4" diameter of circular paintings) These prints are reproduced on Natural White Entrada 300 gsm Archival Acid Free Paper with archival inks.
Each print includes a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist in Italy and his reflections on painting these parables.
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| Cost - $100 each |
Parable of the Good
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| Cost - $30 each |
Parable of the Good
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