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Eisegesis

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eisegesis (eye-si-JEE-sis) noun, plural eisegeses (-seez)

An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.

From Greek eisegesis, equivalent to eis- into + (h)ege- (stem of hegeisthai to lead) + -sis.]


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Hermeneutic English As She Is Spoke: Familiar Dialogues, Part III I see dead people Exegesis
Atheism Christianity Greek Scripture
Bible YVAN EHT NIOJ everyone André Bessette
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