Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Exegetical theology (which see, under
exegetical ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of interpretation or exegesis.
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- noun The science of
interpretation orexegesis .
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Examples
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I do find it more than mildly ironic though that the argument got bogged down, at least partially, in exegetics and the epistemic uncertainty over just what the hell any of the essays Rorty wrote over a lifetime meant.
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'De Inspiratione' -- the whole question of the Higher Criticism, volume after volume, Bull after Bull, articles in all the magazines, and the whole course of German exegetics.
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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And in the course of his exegetics the Old Soak makes a profound remark which must be remembered by those hwo find themselves shocked by Mr. Marqujis's apparent levity.
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Subsequently he returned to Laon, where his school of theology and exegetics became the most famous one in Europe.
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The study of exegetics, church history, and theology has been much cultivated by Lutheran scholars.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Professors Berlage (dogmatics), Reinke (Old Testament exegetics), and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Judging from the extant fragments, Hesychius must have been a very prolific writer on Biblical, particularly Old-Testament, exegetics.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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If his commentaries bring no light to modern exegetics they are at least an abundant mine of pious reflections.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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This position, much criticized in his time, is now quite in line with the common method of Catholic exegetics.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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-- What the mechanical arts contribute to exegetics
On Christian Doctrine, in Four Books Saint Augustine 1887
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