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91 | www.limina-graz.eu Fabian Müller | Biblizismus als Retter der Tradition? | BIOGRAPHY Fabian Müller studierte in Graz Katholische Fachtheologie und Lehramt für die Fächer Geschichte und Religion. Zurzeit arbeitet er an seiner Disserta- tion über die Wissenschaftstheorie der Theologie bei Max Seckler. E-Mail: fabian.mueller(at)edu.uni-graz.at | KEY WORDS Allegorie; Basilius der Große; Basilius von Cäsarea; Bibel; Bibelhermeneu- tik; Biblizismus; Genesis; Gregor von Nyssa; Hugo von Sankt Viktor; Lite- ralsinn; Schöpfung; Schriftauslegung exegesis pre 1800 and thus protects against modern-age manipulations that occur through scientific teachings and a historic-critical approach to the scrip- ture. However, a brief overview of the almost 2000-year history of Bible exege- sis reveals that the origin of allegorical interpretation can be traced back to the Alexandrian school 300 BC, maybe further. Thus, this refutes the claim of con- temporary interpretations breaking with tradition. On the other hand, contem- porary biblicism can be argued to follow the Catechetical School of Antioch or the practice of Hugh of Saint Victor in its literal interpretation. However, a closer look at these interpretative approaches reveals that all literal exegeses are tied to a particular paradigm. The literal interpretation of the Bible within the frame- work of today’s scientific paradigm is what characterises modern biblicism.