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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

2. (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EXEGESIS

ek-se-je'-sis.

See INTERPRETATION.

Library

His Theology and Exegesis.
... Chapter XIII."His Theology and Exegesis. ... In one word, he comes very near
to what we now call the grammatico-historical exegesis. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/chapter xiii his theology and exegesis.htm

Specimens of Pelagian Exegesis.
... Augustin to his holy brethren and fellow-bishops Eutropius and Paulus.
(41.) Specimens of Pelagian Exegesis. But I beg of you to ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/41 specimens of pelagian exegesis.htm

The Place of Chrysostom in the History of Exegesis.
... I. The Place of Chrysostom in the History of Exegesis. The position held
by Chrysostom in the history of exegesis is remarkable. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/i the place of chrysostom.htm

But Even Although we Should be under the Necessity of Accepting ...
... A Fragment of the Same Disputation. 3 But even although we should be under
the necessity of accepting the exegesis advocated by� ...
/.../3 but even although we.htm

Vehicles of Revelation; Scripture, the Church, Tradition.
... ii.19, after Irenæus, Origen, &c.), we discern, especially in his later writings,
a tendency toward a more literal exegesis than was usual in the Alexandrian ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 4 vehicles of revelation.htm

The Rationalistic Explanation.
... common sense itself. To prove this, it is only necessary to give some specimens
from the exegesis of Paulus and his school. The glory ...
/.../schaff/the person of christ/iv the rationalistic explanation.htm

Defective Learning.
... confidently assert that these words refer to "by grace are ye saved." The majority
of them are evidently ignorant of the history of the exegesis of the text. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxix defective learning.htm

The New Testament Obscured the True Origin and the Historical ...
... Now, however, once the New Testament had been created, there arose a real science
of exegesis, not only the exegesis of allegory which sublimated and thus ...
/.../harnack/the origin of the new testament/ 6 the new testament.htm

The New Testament Checked the Imaginative Creation of Events in ...
... Even a developed doctrine of the Holy Spirit could be constructed by exegesis!
It is true that exegesis was always open to suggestions ...
/.../harnack/the origin of the new testament/ 7 the new testament.htm

Introductory Remarks. 1 the Term Hermeneutics (Greek...
... The Greek word exegesis"that is, exposition"denotes the actual work of
interpretation. Hermeneutics is, therefore, the science ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxiii introductory remarks 1.htm

Thesaurus

Exegesis
... 2. (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. EXEGESIS. ek-se-je'-sis. See INTERPRETATION. ...
/e/exegesis.htm - 6k

Allegory (6 Occurrences)
... According to traditional interpretation of both the Jewish exegesis and of the Catholic
and Protestant churches the entire book of Canticles is such an allegory ...
/a/allegory.htm - 14k

Theology
... o-ji: I. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AS A SCIENCE 1. Definition 2. Relation to Dogmatics 3.
Place and Method of Biblical Theology 4. Relation to Scientific Exegesis II. ...
/t/theology.htm - 95k

Biblical
... o-ji: I. BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AS A SCIENCE 1. Definition 2. Relation to Dogmatics 3.
Place and Method of Biblical Theology 4. Relation to Scientific Exegesis II. ...
/b/biblical.htm - 45k

Talmud
... (5) Haggadhah (from higgidh, "to tell"), the non-halakhic exegesis. II. Importance
of the Talmud. Commonly the Talmud is declared to be the Jewish code of Law. ...
/t/talmud.htm - 37k

Hebrew (37 Occurrences)
... However widely the principles which guided the various Jewish schools of exegesis,
or the individual commentatom, differ from those of the modern school, the ...
/h/hebrew.htm - 77k

Commentaries
... exposition; his scholia were the earliest specimens of marginal explanations; his
commentaries furnished the church with her first continuous exegesis" (op. ...
/c/commentaries.htm - 57k

Executioners (32 Occurrences)

/e/executioners.htm - 16k

Interpretation (45 Occurrences)
... Scriptures, the science of interpretation is generally known as hermeneutics, while
the practical application of the principles of this science is exegesis. ...
/i/interpretation.htm - 57k

Kenosis
... time of the Parousia. (2) An older exegesis felt only the last of these
passages as a real difficulty. A distinction constructed ...
/k/kenosis.htm - 14k

Subtopics

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Hebrew (37 Occurrences)

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Executioners (32 Occurrences)

Interpretation (45 Occurrences)

Kenosis