In his detailed exposition one can see that, although he accepted such terms of Hofmann's as Heilsgeschichte, Typologie, and Erfullung, Delitzsch frequently defined this terminology in a different way from Hofmann. For example, he objected to Hofmann's view of sacred history as an organic process that unfolds independently of human response. Indeed, for Delitzsch God offers salvific prophecy through history, but history in itself is not revelation ("die Geschichte nicht an sich eine weissagende ist," p. 18o).
