Typology is a philosophy of history.
It is also a theory of meaning.
Typology is a historical theory of meaning, a theory of historical meaning.
That Matthew can say “Out of Egypt I called My Son” is fulfilled in Jesus isn’t evidence that Matthew was a midrashist. It’s not merely a hint about how to read the Old Testament. It’s a pointer to the character of history and the nature of meaning. Texts mean the way Matthew says Hosea’s text means; history’s contours are the contours that Matthew discerns in Hosea’s reference to the exodus.
Typology is the beginning of wisdom.
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