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Matthew 1–2

The Two Testaments

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What Is Metalepsis?

Richard Dawkins: Allusions force us to make a connection between an earlier passage and later one in ways that are significant. He says when Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech for the having been elected President back in 2008, he echoed a phrase from Martin Luther King about how the arc of history bends towards justice. The New Testament writers were very much engaged in that kind of process as they read the New Testament. They were making those connections. And it's the same sort of thing that once you start looking for it,. people are looting to movies or songs or things that are part of our cultural lexicon.

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