Herm- Figurative Language
Attributing human qualities to God
Anthropomorphism
Fulfillment of the OT Type
Anti-Type
A figure of illusion that substitutes a harsh word with a less harsh word
Euphemism
Any non literal use of language often used to express abstract ideas
Figurative Language
Two similar things used interchangeably
Figures of Association
Two things compared which are unlike except for one point of similarity
Figures of Comparison
If considered literal it would be untrue
Figures of Illusion
Human attributes attached to inhuman things
Humanization
Examples of other figures
Idioms, riddles, play on words, etc
Examples of figures of illusion
Irony, hyperbole, and euphemism
Simile
Like, as
Comparison of dissimilar things without like or as
Metaphor
A figure of association that substitutes one thing for another
Metonymy
Examples of humanization
Personification, zoomorphism, anthropomorphism
Rationalists
Rejected all types
Spiritualizers
Saw types everywhere
Examples of Figures of Comparison
Simile, parables, metaphor, allegory, indirect analogy, symbol, type
McQuilken's thoughts on types
Some are innate and others are only illustrations with no authority
Anything used to represent something else
Symbol
Examples of figures of association
Syndecdoche, Metonymy
A figure of association that substitutes a whole for a part and vice Versa
Synecdoche
moderate approach
There are two levels of types, innate and inferred
A kind of prophetic symbol
Type
Attributing nonhuman characteristics to God
Zoomorphism
Story with a hidden meaning
Allegory