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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 ([[Proof | + | '''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 | ||
Revision as of 06:43, November 21, 2015
Eisegesis is reading a foreign meaning into the text.[1] 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 (reader-response Biblical interpretation)[2].
Eisegesis is severely condemned according to many literalist readings of the text of the Book of Deuteronomy and the Book of Revelation. See Literalist commentaries on Revelation 22:18 and Literalist commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:2 (biblehub.com).
References
- ↑ Henry A. Virkler and Karelynne Gerber Ayayo [1981] (2007). "1:Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics", Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation, 2, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Bacer Academic, 17. ISBN 978-0-8010-3138-0.
- ↑ See four articles
- What is the difference between exegesis and eisegesis? —gotquestions.org
- Eisegesis vs. Exegesis —thechristianwatershed.com
- How to separate exegesis from eisegesis in this example? —hermeneutics.stackexchange.com
- Dictionary: eisegesis. Brief informal definition and discussion of eisegesis: —citing a classic example of Mormon eisegesis on 1 Cor. 8:5 (KJV) —carm.org