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10/4/24

BWJ 14. Allegory; were the Patristics right or badly wrong?

In this latest Breakfast with Jesus tallk on Jeremiah Tony investigates ‘allegory’ as a way to read the OT in particular. Is it an outdated, and fanciful method – or were the Patristics really onto something in their attraction to allegory as a legitimate way to read the OT stories and prophets?

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