ABSTRACT
Typological allegory forms an important subdivision of the more general prophetic and situational allegory, which is characteristic of Old and New Testament alike. The majority of the New Testament parables are examples of prophetic and situational allegory, not involving typology. The allegory is also situational — it is indeed a straightforward enough variation on the Seeds and the Ground — but it differs in that it makes it clear that the reaping of the harvest represents the advent of the Kingdom of God. Beyond this point of interpretation it is not necessary for the literary theorist to pursue the meaning. All New Testament allegory, and in particular all New Testament situational allegory, originated from a feeling that author and audience alike were participating in a new and extraordinary situation. The feeling is especially acute in the New Testament, but by no means confined to it.
