exegetics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exegetics
First recorded in 1850–55; see origin at exegetical, -ics
Example Sentences
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Through you He will compose the exegetics of bhakti, and lay down its scriptures and practices.
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
She has worded her theological teaching in the phraseology of Aristotle; Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, Origen, Eusebius, and Apollinaris, all more or less heterodox, have supplied materials for primitive exegetics.
From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman
Subsequently he returned to Laon, where his school of theology and exegetics became the most famous one in Europe.
From Historia Calamitatum by Peter Abelard
Again, 'De Inspiratione'—the whole question of the Higher Criticism, volume after volume, Bull after Bull, articles in all the magazines, and the whole course of German exegetics.
From My New Curate by Patrick Augustine Sheehan
Later he removed to his native place, where his school for theology and exegetics rapidly became the most famous in Europe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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