Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

What do you mean by legitimate? Certainly the only types that a believer in 
the
plenary inspiration of the Old and New testaments can claim with absolute 
certainty
on every forum to to be able to interpret dogmattically are those that have 
been
interpreted for him by the New Testament. The others need not be thrown in the
trash, though. If one is willing to accept that one can not interpret a type 
with absolute
certainty, and is willing to act accordingly, then one can certainly make 
profitable use
of the wealth of symbolism of the Old Testament for the feeding of the Flock. 
It is
precisely this which ministers in our churches do not do enough of, in my 
opinion.




Jonathan Bailey
MA Kandidat
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien
Heidelberg
---------- Original Message ----------

>The only OT types that are legitimate types are ones that the New Testament
>declares as such, e.g., Jonah. If we go beyond this scope of interpretation,
>we take a liberty upon ourselves that is not supported by the scriptures.
>Perhaps this is a narrow view of "typology," but I believe it is the safest
>one.

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