exegetics

[ ek-si-jet-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the science of exegesis; exegetical theology.

exegetics

/ ˌɛksɪˈdʒɛtɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the scientific study of exegesis and exegetical methods

Word History and Origins

Origin of exegetics¹

First recorded in 1850–55; exegetical, -ics

Example Sentences

It is in such allegorical vein that Augustine explains the outside and inside pitching of the ark as typifying the safety of the Church from the leaking-in of heresy; while the ghastly application of symbolical exegetics is seen in his citation of the words of Jesus, “Compel them to come in,” as a Divine warrant for the slaughter of heretics.

From Project Gutenberg

But when Luc d’Achery turned from exegetics to patristics and the lives of the saints, as a sort of Christian humanist, he led the way to that vast work of collection and comparison of texts which developed through Mabillon, Montfaucon, Ruinart, Mart�ne, Bouquet and their associates, into the indispensable implements of modern historians.

From Project Gutenberg

Through you He will compose the exegetics of bhakti, and lay down its scriptures and practices.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, the older school of Vaishnav Fathers, as represented by Jiv Gosw�mi, had at first objected to its publication, lest the merits and completeness of this vernacular work should cause the learned Sanskrit treatises on bhakti exegetics to be neglected by the public!

From Project Gutenberg

"In all Western Aramæa," says Lengerke, that is, in Syria, "there was but one mode of treating whether exegetics or doctrine, the practical."

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