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eisegesis

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eisegesis
the introduction by an interpreter of his own ideas into a text under explication.
See also: Bible
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Noun1.eisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"


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Consequently, he indulged in this eisegesis, "James, the brother of the Lord .
Itinerating wives and Mary Magdalene by Phipps, William E. / Currents in Theology and Mission
An eisegesis which presumes to find theological 'content' here is precisely the opposite of a humanistic hermeneutic.
Environmental arts in a theological context by Lasher, Connie / Academic Exchange Quarterly
In other words, this passage, to which hunters for homosexuals in the Bible have attributed so much significance, offers a classic case of eisegesis displacing sound exegesis, inadvertently reading into the text what supposedly is to be elicited from a text.
No kingdom of God for softies? or, what was Paul really saying? 1 ... by Elliott, John H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
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