Figured Out: Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture

by Christopher R. Seitz

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2001

Overview

All of our attempts to find the historical backgrounds to texts have led us to believe that we have “figured out” the Bible. Steering a course between modernity’s obsession with historical readings and fundamentalism’s compulsion for ahistorical readings, Christopher Seitz recovers a figural/typological approach to both the Old and New Testament that shapes a theological understanding of Scripture. Figured Out examines the loss of figural assumptions and models another way forward.

Key Features

• Provides a figural/typological approach to both the Old and New Testament
• Explores how the two testaments can be reconnected without harm to their plain sense
• Examines the loss of figural assumptions and models another way forward

Contents

• Introduction
• Christian Scripture, Figured Out
• Two Testaments, One Scripture, One God
• Conclusion

Product Details

• Title: Figured Out: Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture
• Author: Christopher R. Seitz
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Publication Date: 2001
• Pages: 228
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Theological Interpretation

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About Christopher R. Seitz

Christopher R. Seitz is an ordained Episcopal Priest and has served parishes in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Germany and Scotland. He is also the President of the Anglican Communion Institute and has been involved in recent work on behalf of Communion life. He is the editor of Studies in Theological Interpretation and is on the Advisory Board of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Consultation. He has supervised numerous PhD students and has published over a dozen books on the interpretation of Old and New Testaments, and in the area of theological hermeneutics. He will serve as Sunday evening preacher at St Matthew’s Anglican Church in the Riverdale area of Toronto.