Word of the Week - Exegesis

Exegesis (ek-si-jee-sis) is when a person interprets a text based solely on what it says. That is, he extracts out of the text what is there as opposed to reading into it what is not there (eisegesis). There are rules to proper exegesis: read the immediate context, related themes, word definitions, etc., that all play a part in properly understanding what something says and does not say.

A Special thanks to the Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry and TheAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.