In working out the Moses typology of the first evangelist in The New Moses, Dale Allison cites this description of Jewish typology: By means of retrojective typologies, events are removed from the neutral cascade of historical occurrences and embellished as modalities of foundational moments in Israel’s history.70 Typological representation is fluid enough to allow for the major changes that Matthew introduces between the original and latter instantiations while maintaining a sufficiently strong