exegeten.

Brit.

/ˈɛksᵻdʒiːt/, U.S.

/ˈɛksəˌdʒit/

Inflections: Plural exegetes, exegetae.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἐξηγητής.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἐξηγητής expounder, interpreter, especially of oracles, dreams, or omens, (at Athens) of sacred rites or customs, in Hellenistic Greek also guide (to temples, etc.) < ἐξηγεῖσθαι (see exegesis n.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare post-classical Latin exegetes (a1540), French exégète (1732), Italian esegeta (a1787), and also German Exeget (early 18th cent. as †Exegeta ). Compare earlier exegetic adj., exegetical adj.In the plural form exegetae after the Latin plural form.

1. Ancient Greek History. An interpreter of sacred law, oracles, dreams, etc.; spec. one appointed in Athens from the Eupatrid nobility or the Eleusinian Eumolpid clan. Cf. exegetes n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into > instructor

mystagoguec1540

mysteriarch1656

myst1693

exegete1736

hierophanta1822

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Exegetes,..persons among the Athenians learned in the laws of the juris consulti; whom the judges used to consult in capital cases.

1835 tr. C. O. Müller Diss. Eumenides of Æschylus 184 The three Exegetæ [Ger. Exegeten], who presided at Athens over the purification of blood-guilty persons, were elected..by the Delphic Oracle.

1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 19 Apollo himself was the supreme Exegete [Ger. Exeget], the ultimate source of legality.

1912 F. B. Anderson Relig. Cults associated with Amazons 36 The local exegetes were unable to explain the application of the epithet.

1940 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 71 93 An inscription found on the Acropolis shows that the supervision of the restoration of religious objects belonged to the functions of the exegetae.

2004 I. S. Moyer At Limits of Hellenism (Ph.D. diss., Univ. Chicago) iii. 138 The Athenian Timotheos, an exegete of the Eleusinian Eumolpid clan.

2. A person skilled in exegesis; esp. one who interprets or explains scripture.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [noun] > person

exegete1800

exegetist1829

hermeneutist1836

1800 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 20 July 684/1 The learned Exegetes do not suffer themselves to be puzzled by the accommodating system and mysticism resulting from a wrong interpretation of the new philosophy.

1854 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Epist. Gal. Pref. p. xxi For the former [sc. Chrysostom]..as an exegete, I entertain the greatest respect.

1885 E. H. Plumptre Spirits in Prison & Other Stud. 364 Unrivalled as an exegete of Scripture.

1965 Economist 25 Sept. 1215/3 The Socialist Labour League, furious exegetes of the gospel according to Trotsky.

1984 B. F. Stowasser in F. Hussain Muslim Women 25 Seclusion and veiling..were legitimized by exegetes who interpreted the vague and general Koranic provisions to sanction them.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 May c27/1 Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist..and a Talmudic exegete.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exegete
释义	exegeten. Brit. /ˈɛksᵻdʒiːt/, U.S. /ˈɛksəˌdʒit/ Inflections: Plural exegetes, exegetae. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἐξηγητής. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἐξηγητής expounder, interpreter, especially of oracles, dreams, or omens, (at Athens) of sacred rites or customs, in Hellenistic Greek also guide (to temples, etc.) < ἐξηγεῖσθαι (see exegesis n.) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare post-classical Latin exegetes (a1540), French exégète (1732), Italian esegeta (a1787), and also German Exeget (early 18th cent. as †Exegeta ). Compare earlier exegetic adj., exegetical adj.In the plural form exegetae after the Latin plural form. 1. Ancient Greek History. An interpreter of sacred law, oracles, dreams, etc.; spec. one appointed in Athens from the Eupatrid nobility or the Eleusinian Eumolpid clan. Cf. exegetes n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > a mystery > [noun] > initiation into > instructor mystagoguec1540 mysteriarch1656 myst1693 exegete1736 hierophanta1822 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Exegetes,..persons among the Athenians learned in the laws of the juris consulti; whom the judges used to consult in capital cases. 1835 tr. C. O. Müller Diss. Eumenides of Æschylus 184 The three Exegetæ [Ger. Exegeten], who presided at Athens over the purification of blood-guilty persons, were elected..by the Delphic Oracle. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 19 Apollo himself was the supreme Exegete [Ger. Exeget], the ultimate source of legality. 1912 F. B. Anderson Relig. Cults associated with Amazons 36 The local exegetes were unable to explain the application of the epithet. 1940 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 71 93 An inscription found on the Acropolis shows that the supervision of the restoration of religious objects belonged to the functions of the exegetae. 2004 I. S. Moyer At Limits of Hellenism (Ph.D. diss., Univ. Chicago) iii. 138 The Athenian Timotheos, an exegete of the Eleusinian Eumolpid clan. 2. A person skilled in exegesis; esp. one who interprets or explains scripture. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [noun] > person exegete1800 exegetist1829 hermeneutist1836 1800 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 20 July 684/1 The learned Exegetes do not suffer themselves to be puzzled by the accommodating system and mysticism resulting from a wrong interpretation of the new philosophy. 1854 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Epist. Gal. Pref. p. xxi For the former [sc. Chrysostom]..as an exegete, I entertain the greatest respect. 1885 E. H. Plumptre Spirits in Prison & Other Stud. 364 Unrivalled as an exegete of Scripture. 1965 Economist 25 Sept. 1215/3 The Socialist Labour League, furious exegetes of the gospel according to Trotsky. 1984 B. F. Stowasser in F. Hussain Muslim Women 25 Seclusion and veiling..were legitimized by exegetes who interpreted the vague and general Koranic provisions to sanction them. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 May c27/1 Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist..and a Talmudic exegete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1736
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