exegesis
[ek-si-jee-sis]
- critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text, especially of the Bible.
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Origin of exegesis
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Almost all Christians, even most textualists, accept the need for exegesis, synthesis, and theological application.
Historical Examples
There are considerable difficulties in the exegesis of this passage.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the GalatiansG. G. Findlay
At that time the study of the Halachas had not yet superseded that of Biblical exegesis.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
But to return to Professor Stokes's excursion in the region of Biblical exegesis.
Flowers of FreethoughtGeorge W. Foote
In 1870 he had also been made Ireland professor of exegesis at Oxford.
There is a mistake in Exegesis, you know,—in the New Version.
A Singular LifeElizabeth Stuart Phelps
exegesis
- explanation or critical interpretation of a text, esp of the BibleCompare eisegesis
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Word Origin
C17: from Greek, from exēgeisthai to interpret, from ex- 1 + hēgeisthai to guide
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Word Origin and History for exegesis
n.
1610s, from Greek exegesis "explanation, interpretation," from exegeisthai "explain, interpret," from ex "out" (see ex- (2)) + hegeisthai "to lead, guide," from PIE root *sag-. Related: Exegetical.
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