Feb15
Uphill Writing: Word of the Day 
Eisegesis, N., [ahy-si-jee-sis]
Definition: An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter’s own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.
Example: It was his way or the highway, every statement was an eisegesis.
How will you use eisegesis in a sentence today?
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Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξήγησις from ἐξηγεῖσθαι ‘to lead out’) is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. Traditionally the term was used primarily for exegesis of the Bible; however, in contemporary usage it has broadened to mean a critical explanation of any text, and the term “Biblical exegesis” is used for greater specificity. The goal of Biblical exegesis is to explore the meaning of the text which then leads to discovering its significance or relevance.
Exegesis includes a wide range of critical disciplines: textual criticism is the investigation into the history and origins of the text, but exegesis may include the study of the historical and cultural backgrounds for the author, the text, and the original audience. Other analysis includes classification of the type of literary genres present in the text, and an analysis of grammatical and syntactical features in the text itself.
The terms exegesis and hermeneutics have been used interchangeably. However, hermeneutics is a more widely defined discipline of interpretation theory: hermeneutics includes the entire framework of the interpretive process, encompassing all forms of communication: written, verbal and nonverbal, while exegesis focuses primarily on the written text.
Whew! Thanks for that.
But you are correct. It’s just these these may be confused, confounded, etc. Can some exegesis be eisegesis? grin grin
eis·e·ge·sis /ˌaɪsɪˈdʒisɪs/ Show Spelled[ahy-si-jee-sis] Show IPA
noun, plural -ses /-siz/ Show Spelled[-seez] Show IPA.
an interpretation, especially of Scripture, that expresses the interpreter’s own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.