Allegorical readers and cultural revision in ancient Alexandria /

Allegorical readers and cultural revision in ancient Alexandria /

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Main Author: Dawson, David, 1957- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 1992.

Subjects:

clement, > of Alexandria, Saint, > approximately 150-approximately 215.
Philo, > of Alexandria.
valentinus, > active 2nd century.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
Classical literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BS500 .D36 1992

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Pagan Etymology and Allegory. Ancient Myth and Stoic Etymology. Reading Homer as an Allegorical Poet. Opposition to Etymology and Allegory 2. Philo: The Reinscription of Reality. Jewish Allegory and Hellenism. Representation and Textualization. The World within the Text 3. Valentinus: The Apocalypse of the Mind. Allegorical Interpretation as Composition. Mystical Vision and Allegorical Revision. Christian Initiation and the History Within 4. Clement: The New Song of the Logos. Logos Theology as Allegorical Hermeneutic. The Antecedent Voice of Cultural Classics. Sectarianism and Domesticated Gnosis.