RT Article T1 Historische versus allegorische uitleg in de inleiding van Išo‘dad van Mervs commentaar op de Psalmen: Vertaling en bronkritische analyse 1 JF NTT VO 73 IS 4 SP 283 OP 297 A1 Hoogerwerf, Cornelis LA Dutch PB Amsterdam University Press YR 2019 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1685168515 AB The introduction to the ninth-century commentary on the Psalms by Išo‘dad of Merv contains a chapter on historical versus allegorical explanation. The first half of this chapter is about Origen and the Greek origin of allegorical explanation. The second half shows the inadequacy of allegorical explanation on the basis of Paul's interpretation of the rock in the desert as Christ (1 Cor. 10:4). This article contains a Dutch translation and an analysis in which the possible sources of Išo‘dad's text are discussed with special attention to the work of Theodore of Mopsuestia. K1 Commentary on the Psalms K1 Origen K1 Theodore of Mopsuestia K1 Išo‘dad of Merv K1 historical versus allegorical explanation DO 10.5117/NTT2019.4.002.HOOG