Method of typological (transformational) hermeneutics in western historiography

Abstract

This article gives a brief historical outline of foreign studies in typology from the 18th to the late 20th centuries. In the initial section, it off ers a semantic analysis of key typological terms. This analysis identifi es the problem of translating typological terms into Russian which is subsequently being successfully solved. The article gives an outline of the historical situation that came to be the beginning of typological studies. Step-by-step, it identifi es the central historical fi gures who played an important role in developing typological topics. The authors mentioned in the article are being localised, their ideas being given in concise theses. The main part of the article deals with scholars of the 20th century and discussions around the signifi cance of typology and its place in the range of theological problems. After this, it studies theological works that dealt with the problem of biblical typology in the interdisciplinary domain and evaluates their contribution to the topic in question. In the fi nal section, the article briefl y formulates the way along which the understanding of typology as a separate theological method has been going through centuries, and identifi es the special features of the “resonable” typology which is understood as a necessary component of theology in the post-critical epoch.

Keywords

• типология
• аллегория
• буквальный смысл
• методы толкования
• экзегетика
• историография
• библеистика
• патрология
• патристика