First, a genuine type is historical. Goppelt states, “Only historical facts—persons, actions, events, and institutions—are material for typological interpretation; words and narratives can be utilized only insofar as they deal with such matters.”68 The School of Antioch used the characteristic of historicity primarily to distinguish typology from allegorical interpretation. Second, a genuine type is theocentric, that is, it has to do with God’s acts in and through human persons and events. As John
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