One systematic theology Ph.D. student who is thinking hard about the topic of typology is Brent Parker. Brent is a Ph.D. candidate under Stephen Wellum at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. At ETS this November Brent presented two papers (!), the first being “Typology in Theological Systems: An Evaluation of the Nature and Function of [...]

by David Schrock In volume 1 of Reformed Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck reflects on the multiple ways in which the New Testament authors use and apply the Old Testament.  In the discussions that swirl today on this subject, it is noteworthy that he writes in favor of sensus plenior.  He says, In the case of Jesus and [...]

by Brent Parker Kevin Vanhoozer helpfully points out in his book, Is There a Meaning in this Text?, that an allegorical interpretation “sees the meaning of a text as constituted outside the text in another framework: the conceptual” (119).  In such a scheme, this word means that concept.  The tendency to allegorize a biblical text [...]