Tag: Judaism

  • The Exodus as Allegory

    The Exodus as Allegory

    Much of the biblical narrative relating to the bondage and exodus of the Israelites and the conquest of Canaan is clearly mythological. If there wasn’t a historical Exodus, as the archaeological evidence suggests, is there a possible allegorical meaning to the story? Allegory is after all the lingua franca of mythology and religion. A possible metaphorical…