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UK
/ɛɡzɪdʒˈiːsɪs/
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NOUN
- an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
How To Use exegesis In A Sentence
- In 1847 König was privatdozent, in 1854 extraordinary, and from 1857 to 1894 ordinary, professor of Old Testament literature and exegesis at the University of Freiburg. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
- There is no doubt that von Rad's exegesis is clearly Christian, but that is what Christian exegetes do.
- Solemn pronouncements are made on the basis of textual exegesis rather than living experience.
- Thus it is more like a volume of patristic exegesis of Scripture than a modern work of history or theology.
- This means an exegetical study of the text from the original Greek or Hebrew. You have learned the 10 steps of exegesis in your Greek classes.
- He weaves together critical exegesis with discussion of Kosovo, diplomacy, and the war itself.
- It does not require great skills in biblical theology and hermeneutics and exegesis to understand God's message concerning the depth, extent, and significance of the Flood.
- One of the courses I investigated includes a fine, thorough analysis of the steps involved in exegesis.
- Subjects treated include matters of exegesis, systematic theology and church history.
- But his account is delivered in the same elliptical, insiders' fashion as the speeches that follow, and so requires as much exegesis and commentary as anything else in the book.