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| Title: The Days of Creation: An Historical Survey of Interpretation Secondary Title: JETS Volume: 32 Pages: 433-455 Type: Journal Article Year: 1989 Abstract: "L. examines the various historical interpretations of the days of creation found in Genesis 1-2. His individual sections briefly cover the Bible, early Jewish interpreters including Josephus and Philo, early Christian interpreters such as Irenaeus and Hippolytus, the allegorical interpretation of Origen, Clement of Alexandria and Augustine, literal interpretation represented by Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and Ambrose, the Rabbinic interpretation of R. Judah, and R. Tanhum, the Middle Ages as exemplified by Rashi, Maimonides, and Aquinas, the Reformation, particularly M. Luther, and the modern period up to 1856". - Mary Katherine Deeley Keywords: Interpretation of the Bible in Ancient Judaism |