exegesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce exegesis in British English:
UK [ˌeksɪˈdʒi:sɪs]
How to pronounce exegesis in American English:
US [ˌɛksəˈdʒisɪs]
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- Noun:
- an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
Word Origin
- exegesis (n.)
- 1610s, "explanatory note," from Greek exegesis "explanation, interpretation," from exegeisthai "explain, interpret," from ex "out" (see ex-) + hegeisthai "to lead, guide," from PIE root *sag- "to track down, seek out" (see seek (v.)). Meaning "exposition (of Scripture)" is from 1823. Related: Exegetic; exegetical; exegetically.
Example
- 1. But when biblical exegesis replaces the solemn , dispassionate weighing of evidence you know that things have gone badly wrong .
- 2. In this volume , the first of four , keener introduces the book of acts , particularly historical questions related to it , and provides detailed exegesis of its opening chapters .
- 3. The ontology of understanding disregard the purport of researches on exegesis , history or depth psychology , which neglects history , language and reflective to some extent .
- 4. We should probably assume , with harnack , that hippolytus would have had less objection to the study of plato or the stoics , and that he disliked their purely literal exegesis , which neglected the allegorical sense .
- 5. This procedure is not what modern scholars call historical exegesis .