exegesis
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4ADJ.
all, biblical
VERB + EXEGESIS
end
EXEGESIS + NOUN
ep, g
ADV.
loudly
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noun
A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense.
As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis.
An explanatory note; a gloss.
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3Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studyin
WiktionaryAs with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis.
WiktionaryHistorical scholarship bears exclusively on interpretive reading; when it is properly subordinated as a means, its end is exegesis; all of its techniques are of service to the grammatical art. But exe
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