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Exegesis

noun

(pl. exegeses)

An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).

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"Exegesis" Quotes from Famous Books

... of alchemy and white magic, syntax, grammar and lexicology, rhetoric and logic, arithmetic, astronomy and geometry, as well as in the knowledge of the Law and the Traditions of the Prophet and in exegesis. Moreover, I have read many books and digested them and have had experience of affairs and understand them thoroughly. In short, I have examined into all things and studied all arts and crafts and sciences and mastered them; and thy father loved me because of my lack of officiousness, for ...

— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume I • Anonymous

... took for his text the song of Moses: "I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." His treatment of the verse was certainly novel, although the exegesis might not find much favor with the critical Hebraist. The Prince of Conde was the horse, on whose back were mounted the Huguenot ministers and preachers—the riders who drove him hither and thither by their satanic doctrine. Although they were not as yet drowned, like Pharaoh and his ...

— History of the Rise of the Huguenots - Volume 2 • Henry Baird

Words linked to "Exegesis" : interpretation, word, Holy Writ, book, scripture, exegetical, Word of God, bible, exegetic, Good Book, Christian Bible, Holy Scripture