exegesis
See also: exégesis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “I explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “I lead, guide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
exegesis (countable and uncountable, plural exegeses)
- A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
- 1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II
- Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense.
- 1913, Francis Aveling, “Rationalism”, in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913):
- As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis.
- 1940, Mortimer J. Adler, Two Essays on Docility:
- Historical scholarship bears exclusively on interpretive reading; when it is properly subordinated as a means, its end is exegesis; all of its techniques are of service to the grammatical art. But exegesis is not the end; nor is grammar the highest art. Exegesis is for the sake of a fair critical judgment, grammar for the sake of logic and rhetoric.
- 1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II
- An explanatory note; a gloss.
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Translations
formal written exposition or explanatory essay
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”).
Noun
exēgēsis f (genitive exēgēsis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | exēgēsis | exēgēsēs |
| genitive | exēgēsis | exēgēsium |
| dative | exēgēsī | exēgēsibus |
| accusative | exēgēsem exēgēsin |
exēgēsēs exēgēsīs |
| ablative | exēgēse | exēgēsibus |
| vocative | exēgēsis | exēgēsēs |
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