On The Life Of Moses
Definition
The Alexandrian method (Origen, Clement, Didymus) adopted by Gregory of Nyssa, who explains the Old Testament ‘in terms close to the Greek reader’ and reads biblical history as an allegory of spiritual ascent.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Allegoricalmystical Exegesis
Biblical References
- Psalm 135 (LXX 134/135) — Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord. Offer praise, you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God. Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing praises to his n
- 1 Corinthians 2:6 — *Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. *
- Genesis 1 (the Six Days of Creation) — In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. Go
- Matthew 5 (the Commandments of the Beatitudes) — *When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him. Then he began to teach them by saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Blessed *