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Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria

by David Dawson

  • Hardback
  • 356 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • 16.8 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

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Describes how some ancient pagan, Jewish, and Christian interpreters used allegory to endorse, revise, and subvert competing Christian and pagan world views. This book presents three Hellenistic religious writers who each typify distinctive models of allegorical interpretation: Philo, Valentinus, and Clement.
Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria and Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity
Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of IdentityAllegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria

  • Title

    Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria

  • Author

    David Dawson

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    University of California Press

  • Published

    December 1991

  • Weight

    741g

  • Page Count

    356

  • Dimensions

    16.8 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780520071025

  • ISBN-10

    0520071026

  • Eden Code

    1192125