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Pronunciation: [ɛɡzɪd͡ʒˈiːsɪs] (IPA)

Exegesis is a term that refers to the interpretation or explanation of a text, especially a scripture or a holy book. Synonyms for this word include analysis, interpretation, elucidation, and explanation. These words are often used in the context of studying religious texts, but they can also be applied to any type of literature or writing. Other synonyms for exegesis include exposition, commentary, explication, and disquisition. Regardless of which term is used, the goal of exegesis is to deepen our understanding of a text by exploring its meaning and significance in greater detail.

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Usage examples for Exegesis

Establishing this by illustration and argument, nothing more is required in the way of textual exegesis except to argue for the rejection of perverse and unsustainable meanings long given to "days," to "expanse" or "firmament," and to "great whales" in the narrative.
"Creation and Its Records"
B.H. Baden-Powell
I have nearly finished my book on 'Origins,' which re-establishes and upholds that Biblical exegesis of which an impious science already foresaw the imminent overthrow.
"Balthasar And Other Works - 1909"
Anatole France
Now it may be metaphysical to treat of the soul in terms of the intellect, but the intellect has never in philosophic matters refrained from laying hands upon the alleged soul of man; I see no reason, therefore, to place art higher than the essence of human life and grant it immunity from attack and exegesis by the intellect.
"A Novelist on Novels"
W. L. George

Famous quotes with Exegesis

  • So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
    Christy Turlington
  • We venture to say a few words in explanation of the plan of this work. Its object is not to force upon the public the personal views or theories of its author; nor has it the pretensions of a scientific work, which aims at creating a revolution in some department of thought. It is rather a brief summary of the religions, philosophies, and universal traditions of human kind, and the exegesis of the same, in the spirit of those secret doctrines, of which none — thanks to prejudice and bigotry — have reached Christendom in so unmutilated a form, as to secure it a fair judgment. Since the days of the unlucky mediaeval philosophers, the last to write upon these secret doctrines of which they were the depositories, few men have dared to brave persecution and prejudice by placing their knowledge upon record. And these few have never, as a rule, written for the public, but only for those of their own and succeeding times who possessed the key to their jargon. The multitude, not understanding them or their doctrines, have been accustomed to regard them en masse as either charlatans or dreamers. Hence the unmerited contempt into which the study of the noblest of sciences — that of the spiritual man — has gradually fallen.
    Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
  • The simple truth is that the fire-and-brimstone preachers used to use this precise passage [Luke 12:4-5] to support their message. After all, we have Jesus directly telling you to fear God because of what he can do to you after you’re dead. Ray, I believe, knows this and he knows the distaste the general public has for fire-and-brimstone preachers, so he’s twisting and turning like a twisty-turny-thing in order to convince someone – anyone – that he’s not like those guys. He doesn’t think we should fear Hell, just the guy who can send us there – because he can send us there – but not really fear, in the sense of being terrified, but fear in the common-sense, ‘healthy respect for’-fashion. Hogwash. I therefore request that Fred Phelps or Shirley Phelps-Roper take a few minutes and call Ray to explain why his particular brand of exegesis isn’t Biblical. It may be more pleasant to Ray, but that’s only because he’s desperately trying to soften the message.
    Ray Comfort
  • Scripture makes it clear thatIsaac was conceived through divine agency. Like the Mycenaean Greek heroes, Isaac could claim paternity at two levels; the human and the divine.The Church tradition that connects the sacrifice of Isaac with the sacrifice of Christ apparently rests on a sound exegesis, for the sacrifice of Isaac would have meant not only the sacrifice of Abraham's son but of God's.
    Cyrus H. Gordon
  • An aphorism, honestly stamped and molded, has not yet been “deciphered” once we have read it over; rather, its exegesis—for which an art of exegesis is needed—has only just begun.
    Aphorisms

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