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Caedmon and Religious Verse · English Literature

In the context of Old English religious verse, what does 'typology' refer to?

  1. The systematic study of manuscript types
  2. Classifying Old English poems by their alliterative patterns
  3. Reading Old Testament events as prefigurations of Christ
  4. The font styles used by Anglo-Saxon scribes
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Correct answer: Reading Old Testament events as prefigurations of Christ

Typology is a hermeneutic method central to poems like 'Exodus,' where Moses serves as a 'type' (prefiguration) of Christ, and the Red Sea crossing prefigures Baptism.

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