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American Visions, American Stories: The Puritan World View and Early American

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Gopa B. Caesar:
Figures and typology

Puritan literature explicates prophecies of Biblical Old Testament as foreshadowing of events and people—first in the New Testament, then in contemporary life (by 1640s)
Biblical forecasts of current events
E.g.: Atlantic journey of Puritans is “antitype” of Exodus of Israelites, the “chosen people” (the “type”).     

Gopa B. Caesar:
Figures and typology: Story of American Exceptionalism
Individuals are “chosen”—the elect
But COMMUNITY as whole is “people chosen of God” as well
New Israelites (Puritans) sent on errand into the wilderness to establish the new Jerusalem in anticipation of Christ’s return

Tamanna Islam:
hmmm...

Gopa B. Caesar:
 ???

Ferdousi Begum:
hmmm...

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