Figured Out: Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture

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 modernitys obsession with historical readings and fundamentalisms 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.