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eisegesis
[ ahy-si-jee-sis ]
noun
plural eisegeses
- an interpretation, especially of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.
eisegesis
/ 藢补瑟蝉蓹藞诲萧颈藧蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- the interpretation of a text, esp a biblical text, using one's own ideas Compare exegesis
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 别颈路蝉别路驳别迟路颈肠 [ahy-si-, jet, -ik], 别颈顎却别路驳别迟顎僫路肠补濒 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of eisegesis1
1890鈥95; < Greek 别颈蝉岣梘别蝉颈蝉, equivalent to eis- into + ( h ) 脓驳别- (stem of 丑脓驳别卯蝉迟丑补颈 to lead) + -sis -sis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of eisegesis1
C19: from Greek eis into, in + -egesis, as in exegesis
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We鈥檙e usually more comfortable engaging in exegesis 鈥 reading out of the original text for its relevancy to the world today 鈥 than eisegesis 鈥 reading modern interpretations into the original text.
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