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The 15 pages that link to Allegorical interpretation, each with the reason it gives.

• Biblical exegesisRelated: Allegorical readings have been used to uncover spiritual meanings in biblical narratives.

• OrigenRelated: Origen used allegorical readings to draw spiritual meaning from scriptural passages.

• Biblical hermeneuticsCompared with: It contrasts with readings that prioritize historical or plain-sense meaning.

• Biblical literalismCompared with: It prioritizes symbolic meaning where literalism begins with the text’s apparent sense.

• EuhemerismCompared with: Unlike euhemerism, allegorical readings explain divine stories through symbols rather than historical mortals.

• Philo of AlexandriaRelated: Philo used allegory to connect scriptural stories with ethical and philosophical ideas.

• ExegesisRelated: It is one interpretive approach exegesis may assess, rather than a synonym for exegesis.

• Church FathersRelated: Origen and other Fathers used allegory to connect biblical passages with spiritual teaching.

• Gregory of NyssaRelated: Gregory often read biblical narratives as maps of the soul’s transformation.

• BestiaryRelated: It connects an animal’s described behavior to a spiritual lesson.

• Isra'iliyyatRelated: Some commentators favored restrained interpretation over elaborate imported narrative detail.

• Ali ShariatiRelated: Shariati read Islamic stories as symbols of social conflict and moral choice.

• Clement of AlexandriaRelated: Clement’s readings use deeper scriptural senses to connect biblical texts with ethical and theological teaching.

• Song of SongsRelated: Jewish and Christian interpreters have read the lovers as figures for God and a people.

• AmbroseRelated: Ambrose used allegory to draw Christian teachings from biblical passages.