The Typology of Scripture: Viewed in Connection with the Whole Series of the Divine Dispensations, Vols. I & II

by Patrick Fairbairn

Publisher:

Funk & Wagnalls

, 1900

Overview

Fairbairn’s Typology of Scripture was the standard text on typology in its day, forging connections not only with the Bible, but with all Christian doctrine. This first volume of The Typology of Scripture: Viewed in Connection with the Entire Scheme of the Divine Dispensations begins with an inquiry into the principles of typical interpretation, to determine the real nature and design of types, and the extent to which they entered into God’s earlier dispensations; it then covers the dispensation of primeval and patriarchal times. Supplemental text is included in five appendixes. Typology of Scripture was widely considered to be essential for any Bible scholar. The second volume of The Typology of Scripture: Viewed in Connection with the Entire Scheme of the Divine Dispensations discusses the dispensation introduced by the law, redemption from Egypt, the instructions given to the Israelites for the construction of the tabernacle, Mosaic dispensation, and other historical developments. Four appendixes of supplemental text include an illustration of the alter of burnt offering.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The typical is not properly a different or higher sense, but a different or higher application of the same sense” (Volume 1, Page 3)

“An allegory is a narrative, either expressly feigned for the purpose, or—if describing facts which really took place—describing them only for the purpose of representing certain higher truths or principles than the narrative, in its literal aspect, whether real or fictitious, could possibly have taught.” (Volume 1, Page 2)

“between allegorical and typical interpretations, properly so called” (Volume 1, Page 2)

“the positions assigned to the cherubim in Scripture” (Volume 1, Page 223)

Product Details

• Title: The Typology of Scripture: Viewed in Connection with the Whole Series of the Divine Dispensations, Vols. I & II
• Author: Patrick Fairbairn
• Volume: I & II
• Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
• Print Publication Date: 1900
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Typology (Theology)
• Resource ID: LLS:PTRCKFRBRNTYP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-04T21:56:19Z

About Patrick Fairbairn

Patrick Fairbairn (1805-1874) was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, studied at Edinburgh University, and was an outstanding scholar among Scottish Presbyterians. After 27 years in pastoral service, he served as divinity professor at the Free Church College in Aberdeen before becoming principal of the Free Church College, Glasgow, for 18 years until his death. His more notable works include Typology of Scripture, and commentaries on Ezekiel and The Pastoral Epistles.

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