Allegorical interpretations of Genesis

An allegorical interpretation of Genesis is a symbolic, rather than literal, reading of the biblical book of Genesis. An allegorical interpretation does not necessarily preclude a literal interpretation; interpreters such as Origen of Alexandria and Augustine of Hippo maintained that the Bible is true on multiple levels at the same time.

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Framework interpretation (Genesis) The Challenge of Creation Maimonides Augustine of Hippo Basil of Caesarea Creation according to Genesis Origen Evangelicalism Protestantism Ludwig Ott Meredith Kline Hexameron Contra Celsus Judaism Stanley Jaki Anastasius Sinaita Alexandrian school Seraphim Rose Pontifical Academy of Sciences Natan Slifkin Biblical cosmology Celsus Hieromonk Evolution and the Roman Catholic Church On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis Hosea Fred Hoyle Julian Huxley Ephrem the Syrian Epistle to the Galatians Gersonides Masoretic Text Biblical literalism Yuga Epistle to the Hebrews Justin Martyr Nahmanides Philo Irenaeus Creation (theology)

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