This is where Christian “typology” comes in. As Professor Magness knows very well, early Christian writers said that Samson is a “Christ-figure”.

It also states that, in the allegorical sense, “we can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ - using typology (117).

Among all of the typology groups, the Solidly Secular has the highest share of white members (79%). Education and income. The nonreligious typology groups tend to be the most highly educated, with ...

A. C. Charity, Events and their Afterlife: The Dialectics of Christian Typology in the Bible and Dante (first published 1966; Cambridge University Press, 2010) ...