Exegesis
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- An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
Exegesis (from the Greek 'to lead out') involves an extensive and critical interpretation of an authoritative text, especially of a holy scripture.
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See also
- Allegory in the Middle Ages
- Apostille
- Archetype
- Biblical criticism
- Biblical hermeneutics
- Biblical studies
- Commentaries on the Bible
- Commentaries on the Bible: Christian
- Eisegesis
- Gymnobiblism
- Jewish commentaries on the Bible
- Hermeneutics
- Higher criticism
- Icon
- Midrash
- Mimamsa
- Pardes (Jewish exegesis)
- Semiotics
- Symbol
- Typology (theology)
- Biblical software
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