خلاصه ماشینی:
"In his preaching he interpreted the Bible in allegorical or mystical way, but in his theological works preferred the literal method.
Already, the Bible had been fully recognized as the Book of God. As church fathers asserted, it was "the sacred Clement and Origen, both gave examples of such barriers from the Old Testament (5, p: 110).
The real purpose of Alexandrian allegorization was avoidance of the anthropomorphisms of the Old Testament which simple-minded Christians took literally; verses that considered God (Yahweh) as a human.
4. Patristic Exegesis From the second century onward, there begins a new era in Christian interpretation, called Patristic period.
2. The Impact of the Jewish exegesis Following the Jews, New Testament authors have interpreted the Old Testament literally.
Moreover, we even know that the theological system in Christianity, is very closely related to the Jewish one (5, p: 108) Above all, in the Last Supper, Jesus interprets the Old Testament idea of a covenant, in relation to himself and his disciples.
This allegorical method of interpreting the Bible influenced the Alexandrian school of Christian exegesis (1, pp:92-3).
The history of exegesis in Christianity is going to be discussed here, in three different schools of thought: Alexandrian School follows the allegorical method; Antioch School, interprets the Bible literally, while Roman (Latin) School follows the amalgamation of the previous ones.
Key words: 1-Bible 2-Exegesis 3-Literal interpretation 4-Allegory 5- Church Fathers 6- Old Testament 7- New Testament 1.
Introduction In Christian tradition "Bible" as a divine scripture, contains both the Old and the New Testaments."