Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jonathan Bailey <jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de>]

Who is L. Goppelt?

As far as I am concerned, typology is God's primary method of revealing 
himself 
through scripture, and I am completely suprised at the level (lack) of 
typological 
exegesis in the church today. Paul relied heavily on typology.

Is this L. Goppelt a famous "typologist"? I would be very interested in 
reading 
something by him.


Jon
---------- Original Message ----------

>At 02:27 AM 10/30/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>peter wrote:
>>
>>> Where did the idea of the virgin birth come from
>>> if not from LXX?
>>>
>>
>>It comes from four Hebrew words - ha`almah harah weyoledeth
>>ben - and the context in which they occur.

>no it doesnt.  it comes from the roman world view of some early christians
>(but most certainly not all- Paul for instance).

>>
>>It's also typologically related to the miraculous conception

>there it is!!!!!  "typology"!!!!!!  thats the beast whos head hides
>underneath the covers of eisegesis in all its forms.  if something can by
>typologized it becomes fodder for the christian sermon.  sadly, however, the
>facts of history and exegesis rage against the one eyed beast; yet still it
>is seen behind every thorn bush (even the buring bush is a reference to
>christ isnt it...)  Christ behind every act and thing of the OT.  Christ is
>the kipporoth.  Christ is the angel meeting abraham.  Christ is the child in
>the wilderness...

>And I thought L. Goppelt was dead.  But he isnt!  He still lives and
>champions his typology crusade.

>typological interpretation of the OT is nothing less than sheer eisegesis
>which never allows the text to be heard.  it is the crudest sort of muzzling
>of the text in fact.  summa summarum, typology is anti-biblical.

>Best,

>Jim

>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Jim West, ThD
>jwest AT highland.net
>http://web.infoave.net/~jwest


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