Talk:Biblical typology

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Typological interpretation is specifically the interpretation of the Old Testament based on the fundamental theological unity of the two Testaments whereby something in the Old shadows, prefigures, adumbrates something in the New. Hence, what is interpreted in the Old is not foreign or peculiar or hidden, but arises naturally out of the text due to the relationship of the two Testaments.

This paragraph really makes it sound like typology is tantamount to eisegesis and that there is no responsibility for readers of the OT to see the antitypes except by the explanation provided by the NT. But doesn't the NT often presume that the OT should have been interpreted this way all along? Likewise, I would argue that proper interpretation of typologies arises not out of the relationship of the testaments, but in the pattern of the types themselves as revealed through redemptive history. Raymond Rishty 14:47, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

This statement is a definition from a notable scholar, properly cited. If you have an alternate definition (from a notable scholar) which may add some balance or further insight to this statement, it would be great to add it here. This article (as with others) is a work in progress. Thanks for your interest. Jim Ellis 12:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)