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1. Alexandrian School Of Theology

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   Interpretive Methodology: The Allegorical Praxis
   The defining feature of the Alexandrian School was its commitment to an allegorical method of biblical exegesis, often structured into three discernible layers of meaning: the literal (or historical), the moral (or tropological), and the spiritual (or anagogical). This approach was necessitated by the belief that the literal text often obscured deeper truths or presented anthropological concepts incompatible with sophisticated phil…