"Symbolic Interpretation Is Most Useful": Clement of Alexandria's Scriptural Imagination
In the fifth book of his Stromateis, Clement of Alexandria reflects on the symbolic nature of religious language among both barbarians and Greeks before providing his own figural reading of the tabernacle from the Jewish scriptures. He claims that the symbolic mode is useful for speaking divine trut...
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| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
[2017]
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 25, Issue: 4, Pages: 531-560 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Clemens, Alexandrinus, Stromata
/ Paganism
/ Judaism
/ Religious language
/ Exegesis
/ Stylistics
/ Symbolics
/ Allegory
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions BH Judaism HA Bible KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
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