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1. Old Testament

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   Typology in Christian Reception
   For Christian interpreters, the Old Testament serves as an anticipation of the New Covenant inaugurated by Christ. This interpretive method, known as typology, sees specific persons, institutions, and events as prefigurations (types) of later realities (antitypes). For example, Adam is seen as a type of Christ (the "last Adam"), and the exodus from Egypt is paralleled with salvation from sin. This reading often necessitates a theological synthesis where the Law is recontextualized as pointing toward Christ's fulfillm…