The Bible: A History of Composition and Interpretation

Paul introduced allegorical interpretation into his reading of the Jewish scriptures, that is reading an historical text in order to find some deeper symbolic meaning. For example, in Galatians 4:21-26 (where he actually uses a term for "allegory"), Paul reads the story of Sarah and Hagar (from Genesis 16) as an allegory of the two covenants. ................
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