Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity (2002 Dawson), book

Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity (2002) is a book by John D. Dawson.

Editions and translations

Published in Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Part 1: Figural Reading and the Body
  • 1. Body against Spirit: Daniel Boyarin
  • 2. Allegory and Embodiment: Boyarin and Origen
  • 3. Spiritual Bodies: Origen
• Part 2: 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 3: Figural Reading and Identity
  • 7. The Literal Sense and Personal Identity: Hans Frei
  • 8. Identity and Transformation: Origen
• Conclusion

External links

• Google Books (partial text)