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What is Allegory?
        AL'LEGORY
     Gal 4:24. A figure of speech, nearly resembling the parable or fable, common in the Scriptures and among all Oriental nations. It properly means a figurative speech which, under the literal sense of the words, conveys a deeper spiritual meaning. But the literal or historic sense is not necessarily denied. Paul gives two examples of allegorical interpretation -- the rock in the wilderness of which the Israelites did drink, and which spiritually or mystically means Christ, 1 Cor 10:4 ; and the story of Hagar and Sarah. Gal 4:24, Gal 4:25. In v. 25 the best critical authorities leave out "Agar," and thus rid the verse of much of its difficulty, for it is not asserted that Agar is, but that Sinai is, a mountain in Arabia. See Parable.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'allegory' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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