of Jewish commentators as well as a great number of evangelicals. The other variation, held by many other evangelicals, sees the allegory as representing Christ’s love for the Church. Very similar to the allegorical approach is the Typical interpretation. This view accepts a real historical base to the story but then makes the base a type of God’s love for Israel or Christ’s love for the Church. Most commentaries from this school deal with the antitype, while the historical account itself is largely
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