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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 Outexamines the loss of figural assumptions and models another way forward.Seitz, Christopher R. is the author of 'Figured Out Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture', published 2001 under ISBN 9780664222680 and ISBN 0664222684.
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