escapes from Pharaoh, who passes through the sea, who ascends a mountain to teach the law, et cetera. Even in Matthew, Egypt depends on Hosea’s Egypt, and Matthew’s Son depends on retaining Hosea’s son. I have suggested that Hosea 11:1 should be read as a foreshadowing type of Jesus’ escape from Herod, analogous to the novelistic devices that evoke our anticipation of an approaching climax. That seems, however, to depend on a double-author theory rather than on the factor of time. After all, Hosea