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  1. Aphrodite

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    Psyche
    The narrative of Psyche, detailed in the prose epic The Golden Ass by Apuleius, provides an extended allegory for the soul's arduous path toward union with the divine, often requiring submission to the goddess's seemingly impossible demands. Psyche's trials, including the sorting of disparate grains and the retrieval of hair from [fire-breathing sheep](/entries/fire-breathing-she…

  2. Courtly Love

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    Transition to Allegory
    As the troubadour tradition waned, its tenets were absorbed and transformed by clerical writers and later allegorical poets. In the transition, the focus shifted from the direct service to the lady to the allegorical representation of Love) itself. The Roman de la Rose, while commencing in the spirit of courtly love, ultimately dismantled its structures by subjecting the idealized lady to relentless, rational dissection b…

  3. Early Christian Interpretations Of Jewish Scripture

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    The foundational interpretive methodology employed by figures like Philo of Alexandria, though pre-Christian, heavily influenced subsequent Christian exegesis. However, early Christian typological interpretation evolved into a more rigid schema. Typology posits that specific persons, events, or institutions in the Old Testament prefigure or shadow realities fulfilled perfectly in Christ. For instance, the [suffering servant](/entries/suffering…

  4. Origen Of Alexandria

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    | Aquila | Greek | Literal, sometimes brutally so, emphasizing material precision. | Contains too many instances of unnecessary nominalization. |
    | Symmachus | Greek | Fluid and philosophical, smoothing out difficult passages. | Often replaces direct divine utterances with philosophical propositions. |
    | Theodotion | Greek | Considered too allegorical by Origen, though popular in Asia Minor. | Implies an unnecessary leve…

  5. Origen Of Alexandria

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    Allegorical Exegesis
    Origen championed the threefold sense of Scripture: the literal (or historical), the moral (or practical), and the spiritual (or allegorical). He believed that the literal sense was often deliberately obscured or contradictory—such as the seemingly petty or contradictory divine actions described in the Pentateuch—to force the reader to ascend to a higher, spiritual understanding.
    Origen taught that the [Old Testament](/entries/old-testa…