the.com/exegesis
Explaining what a text actually means, as opposed to what you wish it said.
means A careful, detailed explanation or interpretation of a text, especially scripture or other weighty writing.
from From Greek 'exegesis,' meaning 'explanation' or 'interpretation,' built from 'exegeisthai' — 'to explain, to lead out the meaning' — a combination of 'ex' (out) and 'hegeisthai' (to lead, to guide). The image is of leading the reader out of confusion toward the text's true sense, rather than leaving them to wander in on their own assumptions.
- vs eisegesis
- its evil twin, reading your own ideas into the text
- origin
- greek for leading out meaning, not in
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