Allegorical Interpreaion in Plato and Biblical Exegesis: A Comparative Study

Subject Areas : Philosophy

T.  Hajebrahimi ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2014-11-10 Accepted : 2014-11-10 Published : 2005-10-23

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Abstract :

Belief in  a transcendent and mysterious God, and in the existence of hidden meanings in Sciptures naturally leads to allegorical interpretation of these texts. In other words, such a                     belief  presupposes a  twofold meaning in the Scriptures, a  literal or