My NPNF set is still sitting in storage, but I would be interested to read up on these sections and see what Basil was actually addressing. I would think that at that point in the history of the Church he would more likely be directing those comments toward the Jewish allegorists and neo-Platonists than he would be toward men such as Origen and others. I may be wrong, but it would still be good to make that distinction if it is truly the case, since much of later Christian allegory still centered upon Christ and his kingdom or the virtues of the Christian life, while the Jews and neo-Platonic interpreters just made a complete mockery out of the practice.

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Adam J. Myer
Waiting on the September accessions board.
Evergreen PCA
Salem, Oregon