tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post3576075103691605966..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: What is Typology?Michael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-29378002766537282972007-11-09T11:06:00.000-06:002007-11-09T11:06:00.000-06:00Thanks for these quotes. However, I'm not so sure ...Thanks for these quotes. However, I'm not so sure that the distinction between typology and allegory has the same currency today as it did a few years ago. This is something Childs came to see at the end of his career. The two categories would not have been meaningful to the early church. Childs discusses this in his last book, <EM>The Struggle to Understand Isaiah as Christian Scripture</EM>, citing patristic scholars such as Lowth, <EM>Discerning the Mystery</EM>. Seitz also touches on this in his <EM>Figured Out</EM>. Unfortunately I don't know the details well enough to cite them off hand.Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.com