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An allegory is a story which, when interpreted, discloses a symbolic meaning; an interpretative method which treats texts in these terms.

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What are good contextual clues that a passage is meant to be read as hyperbole?

Hermeneutics: Scripture has two "senses": a literal (historical) and a spiritual (the message God is trying to get across to us). (See here for further explanation of this.) The Bible is completely …
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