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'''Eisegesis''' is reading a foreign meaning into the text.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |author= Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo|title= Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FqOTmR7JYREC|edition=2|year=2007|origyear=1981 |publisher= Bacer Academic|location= Grand Rapids, Michigan|isbn= 978-0-8010-3138-0|pages= 17|chapter= 1:Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics |quote= |ref= }}</ref> In the case of the [[Bible]], it is the imposing of one's own interpretation into and onto the text by the reader, by saying that it means what it does ''not'' mean ([[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|reader-response Biblical interpretation]])<ref>See four articles

'''Eisegesis''' is reading a foreign meaning into the text.<ref name="Virkler">{{cite book |author= Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo|title= Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FqOTmR7JYREC|edition=2|year=2007|origyear=1981 |publisher= Bacer Academic|location= Grand Rapids, Michigan|isbn= 978-0-8010-3138-0|pages= 17|chapter= 1:Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics |quote= |ref= }}</ref> In the case of the [[Bible]], it is the imposing of one's own interpretation into and onto the text by the reader, by saying that it means what it does ''not'' mean ([[Cafeteria Christianity#Proof texts|reader-response Biblical interpretation]]).<ref>See four articles

*[http://www.gotquestions.org/exegesis-eisegesis.html What is the difference between exegesis and eisegesis?] —gotquestions.org

*[http://www.gotquestions.org/exegesis-eisegesis.html What is the difference between exegesis and eisegesis?] —gotquestions.org

*[http://thechristianwatershed.com/2007/12/10/eisegesis-vs-exegesis/ Eisegesis vs. Exegesis] —thechristianwatershed.com

*[http://thechristianwatershed.com/2007/12/10/eisegesis-vs-exegesis/ Eisegesis vs. Exegesis] —thechristianwatershed.com

*[http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/5430/how-to-separate-exegesis-from-eisegesis-in-this-example How to separate exegesis from eisegesis in this example?] —hermeneutics.stackexchange.com

*[http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/5430/how-to-separate-exegesis-from-eisegesis-in-this-example How to separate exegesis from eisegesis in this example?] —hermeneutics.stackexchange.com

*[http://carm.org/dictionary-eisegesis Dictionary: eisegesis. Brief informal definition and discussion of eisegesis: —''citing a classic example of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints|Mormon]] eisegesis on 1 Cor. 8:5'' (KJV)] —carm.org</ref>.

*[http://carm.org/dictionary-eisegesis Dictionary: eisegesis. Brief informal definition and discussion of eisegesis: —''citing a classic example of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints|Mormon]] eisegesis on 1 Cor. 8:5'' (KJV)] —carm.org</ref>  

Eisegesis is severely condemned according to many literalist readings of the text of the [[Deuteronomy|Book of Deuteronomy]] and the [[Book of Revelation]]. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/22-18.htm# Literalist commentaries on Revelation 22:18] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-2.htm# Literalist commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:2] (biblehub.com).

Eisegesis is severely condemned according to many literalist readings of the text of the [[Deuteronomy|Book of Deuteronomy]] and the [[Book of Revelation]]. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/22-18.htm# Literalist commentaries on Revelation 22:18] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-2.htm# Literalist commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:2] (biblehub.com).

== References ==

== References ==

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==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Exegesis]]

*[[Exegesis]]

*[[Syncretism]]

*[[Syncretism]]

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