Allegorical readers and cultural revision in ancient Alexandria
By: David Dawson.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Philo, of Alexandria.; Valentinus, 2nd cent.; Clement, of Alexandria, Saint, ca. 150-ca. 215.; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History.; Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.; Allegory.; Classical literature -- History and criticism.; Religion and culture -- Egypt -- Alexandria.; Gnosticism.; Alexandria (Egypt) -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-318) and indexes.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Yale University, 1988.