John David Dawson is Professor of Religion and Comparative Literature and Constance and Robert MacCrate Professor in Social Responsibility at Haverford College. He is author of Literary Theory (1995), in the Guides to Theological Inquiry series and Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria (California, 1992).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Figural Reading and the Body 1. Body against Spirit: Daniel Boyarin 2. Allegory and Embodiment: Boyarin and Origen 3. Spiritual Bodies: Origen Part Two. Figural Reading and History 4. The Figure in the Fulfillment: Erich Auerbach 5. The Preservation of Historical Reality: Auerbach and Origen 6. The Present Occurrence of Past Events: Origen Part Three. Figural Reading and Identity 7. The Literal Sense and Personal Identity: Hans Frei 8. Moses Veiled and Unveiled: Frei and Origen 9. Identity and Transformation: Origen Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

John David Dawson is Professor of Religion and Comparative Literature and Constance and Robert MacCrate Professor in Social Responsibility at Haverford College. He is author of Literary Theory (1995), in the Guides to Theological Inquiry series and Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria (California, 1992).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Figural Reading and the Body 1. Body against Spirit: Daniel Boyarin 2. Allegory and Embodiment: Boyarin and Origen 3. Spiritual Bodies: Origen Part Two. Figural Reading and History 4. The Figure in the Fulfillment: Erich Auerbach 5. The Preservation of Historical Reality: Auerbach and Origen 6. The Present Occurrence of Past Events: Origen Part Three. Figural Reading and Identity 7. The Literal Sense and Personal Identity: Hans Frei 8. Moses Veiled and Unveiled: Frei and Origen 9. Identity and Transformation: Origen Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

John David Dawson is Professor of Religion and Comparative Literature and Constance and Robert MacCrate Professor in Social Responsibility at Haverford College. He is author of Literary Theory (1995), in the Guides to Theological Inquiry series and Allegorical Readers and Cultural Revision in Ancient Alexandria (California, 1992).

• Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Figural Reading and the Body 1. Body against Spirit: Daniel Boyarin 2. Allegory and Embodiment: Boyarin and Origen 3. Spiritual Bodies: Origen Part Two. Figural Reading and History 4. The Figure in the Fulfillment: Erich Auerbach 5. The Preservation of Historical Reality: Auerbach and Origen 6. The Present Occurrence of Past Events: Origen Part Three. Figural Reading and Identity 7. The Literal Sense and Personal Identity: Hans Frei 8. Moses Veiled and Unveiled: Frei and Origen 9. Identity and Transformation: Origen Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index