Many … Cassian (Collationes xiv.8), reinterpreting a for- Reading and interpreting the Bible is never meant to be a purely academic or intellectual … Allegorical interpretations of Genesis are readings of the biblical Book of Genesis that treat elements of the narrative as symbols or types, rather than viewing them literally as recording historical events.Either way, Judaism and most sects of Christianity treat Genesis as canonical scripture, and believers generally regard it as having spiritual significance. Augustine’s Development from Allegorical to Literal Interpretation. Allegorical interpretation means that you see the literal meaning of a story as a sign that points to a deeper reality, namely, some spiritual or christological truth. 8 Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation, 30-31. Antiquity was associated with authority in the Hellenistic world. However, he was turned off by the Bible’s “painfully unstylish Latin.”[2] He didn’t understand at that point that the Bible, in it’s humble style, is “a text lowly to the beginner but, on further reading, of mountainous difficulty and enveloped in mysteries.”[3] He was then seduced for 9 years by a heretical group called the Manichees, who attacked the Bible because of its problematic passages. What specific hermeneutic principles did St. Augustine use in his own interpretation of Scripture and how consistent was he in the application of those principles? In the allegorical view, the man who is robbed is Adam, Jerusalem is paradise, and Jericho is the world. Augustine learned that the Old Testament could be interpreted in a figurative or allegorical sense in such a way that what Augustine had previously thought problematic and uncouth could now be read in a salutary way.' One may be able to get a sense of the words and exegete that authorial intention of a passage but if that has not led the reader to a greater love for God and neighbor that interpretation is in vain. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Jaroslav Pelikan, The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, vol 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600), p. 330 . While the allegorical interpretation of Scripture is fraught with problems, every Bible student has to have some familiarity with it. . As we’ve observed in the origination of this method of interpretation, there was a motive for its use. The priest is the Law, and the Levites are the Prophets. Zuck offers the following description of allegorization: Allegorizing is searching for a hidden or secret meaning underlying but remote from and unrelated in reality to the more obvious meaning of a text. They each and all fail to explain the facts and relations of the record, and treat John as a half-demented sentimental old man, trying to make a grand poem out of a few dim anticipations touching the earthly fortunes of the Church, which could have been better told in one well-written chapter. because of his desire to avoid [seeming] contradictions and blasphemies.8. (On Christian Teaching 2.6.8), One should proceed to explore and analyze the obscure passages, by taking examples from the more obvious parts to illuminate obscure expressions and by using evidence of indisputable passages to remove the uncertainty of ambiguous ones. Based upon the Platonic division of the human person into body, soul, and spirit, Origen’s three levels of biblical interpretation were divided into the literal sense, the moral sense, and the allegorical sense. . On Philo: Siegfried, Philo von Alexandria, Jena, 1875, and the list of references on p. 162; The Bible-based approach of the Reformers restored the doctrine of justification by faith that had fallen victim to the use of allegory … Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. Thus, interpretation steered his spiritual history, from heretic to skeptic to catholic. ( Log Out /  . The allegorical interpretation of Sacred Scriptures cannot be historically proved to have prevailed among the Jews from the time of exile, or to have been common with the Jews of Palestine at the time of Christ and His apostles. 7 George H. N. Peters, The Theocratic Kingdom (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1978, 1884), 50. Aristobulus, who lived around 160 B.C., believed that Greek philosophy borrowed from the Old Testament, and that those teachings could be uncovered only by allegorizing. Augustine got around this by refusing to take scripture at face value – and instead accept it as allegorical And one will discover that Augustine … Danny Coleman, The Danger of Allegorical Bible Interpretation; The dangers of allegorical interpretation, Part 1; Basically, when you interpret Scripture allegorically, you don’t allow the text to speak for itself in exegesis (obtaining meaning out of the text) but choose to impose another “deeper meaning” on the text – which we call eisegesis (reading something into the text). It is sometimes referred to as the quadriga, a reference to the Roman chariot that was … Clement of Alexandria (A.D. 155-216) was influenced by Philo and proposed a system of interpretation where any passage of the Bible might have up to five meanings.9 Thereafter, Origin, who studied Platonic philosophy and is thought to have been a pupil of Clement, went so far as to say that Scripture itself demands that the interpreter employ the allegorical method. Augustine’s allegorical interpretation of Bible prophecy dominated the understanding of eschatology during the medieval period. The Samaritan is Christ. A person who does not grow in love does not truly understand the scriptures, even if that person knows a lot about the scriptures. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. When Augustine described his later works on Genesis as “literal,” he intended to distinguish them from the allegorical approach of his earlier two-volume work on Genesis against the Manichees. 2 Roy B. Zuck, Basic Bible Interpretation (Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications, 1991), 29. Thus, Augustine discusses in this book “the process of discovering” and “the process of presenting.”. As we will see as we progress, allegorical interpretation is frequently used by Christians who hope to avoid the plain implication of the teaching of Scripture. 23), Israel as a destroyed vine (Psa. On the one hand, he tended to interpret the Bible literally, but when it came to eschatology he interpreted that spiritually or allegorically. The correct interpretation of the Bible played a major part in Augustine’s spiritual history and historical legacy. Realizing that his interpretation of Gen. 1:1, 2, is not self-evidently the only possibility, Augustine turns to an elaborate discussion of the multiplicity of perspectives in hermeneutics and, in the course of this, reviews the various possibilities of true interpretation of his Scripture text. This is a longer version of Augustine’s allegorical interpretation of the parable of the Good Samaritan: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; Adam himself is meant; Jerusalem is the heavenly city of peace, from whose blessedness Adam fell; Jericho means the moon, and signifies our mortality, because it is born, waxes, wanes, and dies. The two pence given by the Good Samaritan to the innkeeper has the hidden meanings of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Rather, the Fathers used allegory to explore the theological meaning of Scripture, in light of the historical reality of the salvific work of Christ in space and time. I remember listening to a lecture from Dr. Gordon Fee who had very little respect for Augustine’s allegorical interpretation of scripture. Interpreting Scripture with Augustine. The Alexandrian school of theology which came into prominence about 300 A.D. followed a principle of interpretation which regarded all Scripture as an allegory. The senses of Scripture. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Saint Augustine, one of the most influential theologians of the Catholic Church, suggested that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. But yes I am planning on reading the whole thing sometime. 14 Rodney Petersen, “Continuity and Discontinuity: The Debate throughout Church History,” in John S. Feinberg, ed., Continuity And Discontinuity (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, 1988), 26. It remained for Augustine … (Confessions 12.18.27), Four ways of expounding the law have been laid down by some scripture commentators, which can be named in words derived from the Greek, while they need further definition and explanation in plain Latin; they are the way of history, the way of allegory, the way of analogy, the way of aetiology. Luther and Calvin, along with other reformers of their time, returned the church to a more literal interpretation of Scripture. 22 J. Origen (A.D. 185 – c. 254) was one of the most influential figures in the early centuries of the Christian … !J Ibid., 4:2:4. It takes that which God has graciously revealed to the saints and subjects it to the dark vagaries of human imagination and speculation. Augustine undertakes to interpret Gen. 1:2-31 in a mystical and allegorical fashion so as to exhibit the profundities of God's power and wisdom and love. (On Christian Teaching 2.9.14), The fulfillment and end of the law and all the divine scriptures is to love the thing which must be enjoyed and the thing which together with us can enjoy that thing… Anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by his understanding build up this double love of God and neighbor, has not yet succeeded in understanding them. For example, Genesis 3 introduces a talking serpent, which many Christians understand to be Satan in disguise. For it is only the share of the plough that cuts through the earth; but the other parts of the plough are essential to make this operation possible. He even goes further in this direction than the Gnostics, who everywhere saw transcendental, unfathomable mysteries.”10, [Origen] lays down the principle that the true meaning of prophecy is to be found only by going beyond the literal and historical sense to the spiritual; and he says specifically of the Apocalypse that the mysteries hidden in it can be understood only in this way. Again using allegorical interpretation of Ps 121:1-2 “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Philo (ca. The Literalist is not one who denies that figurative language, that symbols are used in prophecy, nor does he deny that great spiritual truths are set forth therein; his position is simply, that the prophecies are to be normally interpreted (i.e., according to the received laws of language) as any other utterances are interpreted-that which is manifestly literal being regarded as literal, and that which is manifestly figuratively being so regarded. Even today, Augustinian eschatology is held by large segments of the Christian church. Barth is way tougher. . At times it has simply been unbelief: As someone has said, “The Book of Revelation isn’t hard to understand—it’s hard to believe!” The main reason why so many have resorted to allegorical interpretations is that they have found the literal meaning of its prophecies difficult to accept, scientifically, and aesthetically, and have tried to “explain” them on some less offensive basis.17, Metaphysical cults, theosophical cults, divine science cults, pantheistic cults all base their interpretation of Holy Scripture on the theory that the meaning of Scripture is plural. This should not be understood as an allegorical interpretation because he believed God truly created the fruit-bearing trees. Augustine, Enarationes in Psalmos 118, 121 and 125, De Doctrina Christiana 1.30.31ff, Sermo 299. According to a saying of the Fathers, Sacred Scripture is written principally in the Church's heart rather than in documents and records, for the Church carries in her Tradition the living memorial of God's Word, and it is the Holy Spirit who gives her the spiritual interpretation of the Scripture (". (Confessions 12.14.17), For such is the depth of the Christian Scriptures that, even if I were attempting to study them and nothing else, from boyhood to decrepit old age, with the utmost leisure, the most unwearied zeal, and with talents greater than I possess, I would still be making daily progress in discovering their treasures. At bottom, only one story is told anywhere in scripture: the redemption of mankind by Christ. The Middle Ages was a time that was dominated by allegorical interpretation. It should be pointed out that, while St. Thomas seems to limit the allegorical sense to Old Testament types, there are New Testament passages which admit of allegorical interpretations as well. The Word of God is an exceedingly complex unity. These parts are not struck by the player, but the parts which resonate when struck are connected with them. He is one who holds that certain portions are to be normally interpreted, other portions are to be regarded as having a mystical sense. 4 “In the history of allegorical interpretation of Scripture it is not denied that there is a literal, historical, or grammatical sense to Scripture, but it is depreciated. Because Revelation is admittedly pessimistic in this regard, the system’s scheme for disposing of this unfavorable evidence is to relegate its fulfillment almost entirely to the past, to a time prior to A.D. 70.20, The net result of allegorical interpretation is to place a veil of darkness over God’s divine Word. 7. His influence was so significant that some have said that much of Western theology is just “a series of footnotes to Augustine.”[5] Although City of God and the Confessions demonstrate Augustine’s exegetical methods, On Christian Teaching is unique among his written works because it is a textbook that teaches those very methods. As schoolman Thomas Aquinas affirmed, ‘The literal sense is that which the author intends, but God being the Author, we may expect to find in Scripture a wealth of meaning.’ An example of how the fourfold sense was worked out during the Middle Ages is Gen. Gen. 1:3, ‘Let there be light.’ Medieval churchmen interpreted that sentence to mean (1) Historically and literally—An act of creation; (2) Morally—May we be mentally illumined by Christ; (3) Allegorically—Let Christ be love; and (4) Anagogically—May we be led by Christ to glory.13, Augustine’s allegorical interpretation of Bible prophecy dominated the understanding of eschatology during the medieval period. In other words the literal reading is a sort of code, which needs to be deciphered to determine the more significant and hidden meaning. These works had included such ideas as taking the days of Genesis 1 as 7 epochs of redemptive-historical history, and 7 stages of the Christian life.De Genesis contra Manichaeos 1.23.35-1.25.43, in Augustine, On Genesis, 62-68. Did his own allegorical style of writing work against his advocacy for texts having literal meanings? allegory history. The terms properly expressive of the schools are normal and mystical.” John Peter Lange, A Commentary on the Holy Scripture: Revelation, p. 98. For anyone wanting to understand Augustine’s exegetical methods, On Christian Teaching is a must read. ( Log Out /  Those who major in it remain as much in the dark regarding the Second Coming of Jesus as many Jews were in relation to His predicted suffering at the First Coming.21. For example, the Bible portrays Samaria and Jerusalem as two prostitutes (Exe. He even goes further in this direction than the Gnostics, who everywhere saw transcendental, unfathomable mysteries.”, “Aquinas put forward a threefold argument against allegory: (1) it is susceptible to deception; (2) without a clear method it leads to confusion; and (3) it lacks a sense of the proper integration of Scripture.”. The future ethereal New Jerusalem was where all would be fulfilled, rather than in any renewed version of this world. Both aspects are well known. The different items and the various kinds of material which make it up—laws, promises, liturgies, genealogies, arguments, narratives, meditations, visions, aphorisms, homilies, parables and the … The profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church. He was led to allegorize the Old Testament, . Yet at times this interpretation seemed imperative. Although the Sanhedrim and the hearers of Jesus often appealed to the Old Testament according to the testimony of the New Testament writers, they give no indication of the allegorical interpretation. First, he sees the creation days as … They are, at best, the wild guesses of men who have never got hold of the real thread of the matter, whilst under the necessity of saying something.23. ed. Their use of allegory in this sense has direct ties to the New Testament writers, who engaged in a similar application of the allegorical method when they compared type and antitype: Christ as the new Adam, the … Gerhard Ebeling, The Word of God and Tradition, p. 28 On the one hand, he tended to interpret the Bible literally, but when it came to eschatology he interpreted that spiritually or allegorically. The result is predictable. In Bible study all of us are trying to find and grasp the meaning of the author we are reading… As long as each interpreter is endeavoring to find in the holy scriptures the meaning of the author who wrote it, what evil is it if an exegesis he gives is one shown to be true by You, light of all sincere souls, even if the author whom he is reading did not have that idea and, though he had grasped a truth, had not discerned that seen by the interpreter? Without naming Augustine, John Calvin responds to this kind of interpretation in characteristically blunt fashion: “The allegory which is here contrived by the advocates of free will is too absurd to deserve refutation… Change ). The allegorical interpretation of Scripture can be traced back to Alexandrian Jews, notably Philo who lived during the time of Christ and who applied Greek philosophy to portions of the Septuagint translation of the Scripture in an attempt to remove or reinterpret those passages that attributed human characteristics to God (anthropomorphism) or that exposed the immorality of … Augustine’s spiritual history was shaped by his understanding of the Bible. 18 Ramm, Protestant Biblical Interpretation, 111. Pingback: Laying Down Our Garments in the Road For God’s Move | conversant faith, Pingback: The Greatest Type in the Bible | conversant faith. share | improve this question | follow | edited Mar 24 '12 at 16:58. Despite his occasional foray into more of a literal hermeneutic, the majority of Genesis 1 is interpreted in allegorical fashion. Augustine’s allegorical interpretation aligns with a canonical reading of the Gospels as well. 2 Origen's most systematic treatment of Scripture and its exegesis is to be found in On First Principles, 4: 1-!J. A. Seiss, The Apocalypse: Lectures on the Book of Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1966), Rev. The position of the Spiritualist is not that which is properly indicated by the term. Introductory Comment During the first centuries of Christianity, the Fathers of the Western Church, such as Jerome, Hilary, Ambrose and Augustine, tend to spiritually interpret the Holy Scripture, combining the Old with the New Testament, suggesting that Bible passages can be interpreted through a variety of prisms. This is deeply rooted into Ambrosian approach as well, they 4 Ranke-Heineman, Uta (1988). 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