La formation d'une exegese alexandrine post-origenienne

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 378-444) marks a new period in the history of the Alexandrian exegesis. The Christian interpretation of the Bible, previously assigned to teachers, passes now into the hands of the powerful bishop of Alexandria, who clearly overcomes the allegorism of the great masters (Origen, Pierius, Didymus the Blind) whilst borrowing elements from the exegetical model of Eusebius of Ca...