"Anexegesis(in a creative writingdiscourse)...is a scholarly piece of writing with a focus on textual analysis andcomparisonusing literature which relates to your creative writing project. Usually an exegesis is longer than a critique and reads more like a dissertation. There tends to be greater...
Nevertheless,Origen’sbiblical interpretation owesalot to the exegesis ofPhilo of Alexandria.²⁶Origen knows thatPhilo isaJew,yet Philo is an allegoricalinterpreter of the Bible. Therefore, by Origen’simplicit definition, Philo’sexegesisis not“Jewish.”Philo himself sometimes polemicizes against...