NOTE: 300 WORDS. Kindly read the instruction well and use the tex

NOTE: 300 WORDS. Kindly read the instruction well and use the textbooks below.

Create a thread of at least 300 words .
Support your assertions with at least 4 citations from at least 3different sources in current Turabian format. Acceptable sources include textbooks, scholarly articles, and ONLINE SOURCES APPROVED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR.

Consider these questions with the information in your textbooks in mind, but feel free to use other sources as needed to add to the conversation

THREAD: Throughout the history of the Bible, allegorical methods have been employed as a means to discover a “hidden meaning” in the text.
Outline the use of allegorical approaches and discuss the benefits and pitfalls of utilizing such an approach to interpret Scripture today.

TEXTBOOK
1) INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
THIRD EDITION
? 2017 by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg,
and
Robert L. Hubbard, Jr

2) MISREADING SCRIPTURE WITH WESTERN EYES
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understanding the Bible
?2012 by Randolph E. Richards
and
Brandon J. O??Brien.

3) GRASPING GOD??S WORD
A Hand-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting and Applying Bible
THIRD EDITION
? 2012 by J. Scott Duvall
and
J. Daniel Hays