Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria

by John David Dawson

Allegorical readings of literary or religious texts always begin as counterreadings, starting with denial or negation, challenging the literal sense: "You have read the text this way, but I will read it differently." David Dawson insists that ancient allegory is best understood not simply as a way of reading texts, but as a way of using non-literal readings to reinterpret culture and society. Here he describes how some ancient pagan, Jewish, and Christian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520071026
• ISBN13: 9780520071025
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.0"