Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Allegory

Now the (number) 18 (is represented) by two letters, J=10 and E=8—thus you have “JE,” (the abbreviation for) “JEsus.” And because the cross, represented by the letter T (=300), was destined to convey special significance, it also says 300. he makes clear, then, that JEsus is symbolized by the two letters (JE = 18), while in the one letter (T = 300) is symbolized the cross.

Barnabas 9:8-9 interpretation of Genesis 17:14 in William Klein, Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Dallas: Word, 1993), 33.

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