In Dt “dog” designates a prostitute; in Greece, the dog was a symbol of lewdness In whatever way one judges the detailed exegesis of Origen and Ambrose, its deepest basis was neither Hellenistic allegory, nor Philo nor rabbinic methods (338) Cf 1 Co 6:9-11; Ep 4:17-19. For ritual mutilations, cf. Lv 21:5; 1 K ; […]