Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae

This engraving portrays Joseph as a handsome archer holding a bow and arrows, standing before a fortress-like structure that references his imprisonment in Egypt. The adjacent panel shows Benjamin as a young shepherd accompanied by a nursing ewe and a lamb, while a wolf prowls in the background landscape. Both figures are rendered in a Mannerist style with elegant, elongated proportions and dynamic stances.

As part of a series on the twelve sons of Jacob, this work represents the foundational 'Twelve Tribes of Israel,' which in the Western esoteric tradition—specifically within Christian Kabbalah and Neoplatonism—were often mapped onto the twelve signs of the Zodiac and twelve spiritual archetypes. Thinkers like Athanasius Kircher and Robert Fludd later used these biblical genealogies to harmonize sacred history with celestial mechanics and natural philosophy.