ECR, PhD in Medieval Studies (York, UK). Likes Latin lit, medieval geography and Wittgenstein. Writes Latin haikus… probably a cry for help. All views my own.
Sep 16, 2020 • 19 tweets • 3 min read
While much of this is quite correct, I do have two concerns about the framing of the issue here: 1) that allegory is presented as in opposition to a literal reading and 2) that medieval world had a normative ‘allegorical’ understanding of scripture. 1/
Ancient and medieval authors typically viewed these levels of interpretation as mutually reinforcing. As a result, it is not correct to say that an allegorical reading (as opposed to a literal) had normative force. 2/
