books.google.ca - Western literary, philosophical, and religious traditions from Plato and Paul to Augustine and Avicenna have utilized, exploited, or been subjected to allegorical interpretation. Naturally developing a composite picture of interpretive allegory from such a large landscape faces numerous difficulties....http://books.google.ca/books/about/Interpretation_and_allegory.html?id=7EjIm3pAfhQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareInterpretation and allegory