exegesisnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌek.sɪˈdʒiː.sɪs/us/ˌek.sɪˈdʒiː.sɪs/plural exegeses specializedan explanation of a text, especially from the Bible, after its careful study
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The Bible - people, events & places
- Adam
- annunciation
- apocalypse
- Armageddon
- bible
- gospel
- Jesus Christ
- Judgment Day
- Madonna
- manna
- resurrection
- the ark
- the Beatitudes
- the Blessed Virgin
- the Day of Judgment
- the Old Testament
- the Second Coming
- the Ten Commandments
- the Torah
- verse
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Examples from literature
- But little exegesis is needed for a right comprehension of the true and substantial import of the work.
- His works embrace the departments of exegesis, doctrine, and practical religion.
- In later life he compiled numerous works of scriptural exegesis.
- It is now more than thirty years since he was elected professor of Old Testament exegesis at Berlin.
- Theology and church history and exegesis and sacred rhetoric retreated from the foreground of that scholastic drama.