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INTERPRETATION AND ALLEGORY

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INTERPRETATION AND ALLEGORY Antiquity to the Modern Period

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS BY

JON WHITMAN

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Interpretation and allegory : antiquity to the modern period / edited with introductory essays by Jon Whitman. p. cm. Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000, in series: Brill's studies in intellectual history. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-391-04186-X l. Hermeneutics-History. 2. Allegory. I. Whitman, Jon, 1949-

ISBN 0-391-04186-X

0 Copyright 2 0 0 0 by Koninklijke Brill N V , Leiden, T h e Netherlands All rights reserved. N o part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored i n a retrieval system, or transmitted i n any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to T h e Copyright Clearance Center, 2 2 2 Rosewood Drive, Suite 9 1 0 Danvers M A 0 1 9 2 3 , U S A . Fees are subject to change. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To my wge, Ahuva, and to my daughter, Naomi Eliora

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CONTENTS

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Preface

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1. A Retrospective Forward: Interpretation, Allegory, and Historical Change ............................................................ Jon Whitman

PART ONE ANTIQUITY TO THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

2. Present Perspectives: Antiquity to the Late Middle Ages [Prologue to chapters 3-1 l] ........................................................ Jon Whitman A Antique interpretation of formative texts: 'units' of analysis .................................................................................... i Ancient Homeric interpretation [chapter 31 ...................... ii Alexandrian allegorization of Jewish Scripture [chapter 41 ............................................................................ m Rabbinic interpretation in its midrashic forms [chapter 51 ............................................................................ iv Early Christian typology [chapter 61 .................................. B Medieval philosophic designs: 'textures' of interpretation .......................................................................... v Philosophic modes in medieval Islam [chapter 71 ................................................................................ vi Jewish approaches to philosophic allegory [chapters 8-91 .......................................................................... vii Christian allegorization of ancient philosophic writing [chapter 101 .............................................................. viii Philosophic attitudes toward signification in Christian Scripture [chapter l l] .................................... a..

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A. Antique Interpretation of Fornative Texts 3. Language, Text, and Truth in Ancient Polytheist Exegesis ................................................................................ Robert Lamberton

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4. Plato's Soul and the Body of the Text in Phi10 and Origen ......................................................................... David Dawson

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5. Theology and Exegesis in Midrashic Literature M a n Hirshman

6. Allegory and Reading God's Book: Paul and Augustine on the Destiny of Israel ...................................................... 125 Pauh Fredn'ksen

B. Medieval Philosophic Designs

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9. Philosophic Allegory in Medieval Jewish Culture: The Crisis in Languedoc (1304-6) .................................... Creg Stem

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7. The Utilization of Allegory in Islamic Philosophy Ayred L. Ivry 8. On Maimonides' Allegorical Readings of Scripture Warren