Figured Out: Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture

by Christopher R. Seitz

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664222680
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Christopher R. Seitz is Professor of Old Testament and Theological Studies at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland. He is the author or editor of eight books including Figured Out: Typology, Providence and Christian Scripture and Nicene Christianity: The Future for a New Ecumenism.