Talk:Biblical exegesis

I believe this article should be redirected to Exegesis in Christianity. I've added it to the See Also section.

Danny Beardsley 01:36, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I think this definition is innacurate. The term Exegesis is a greek term that means interpretation. Its meaning is derived from the greek root and suffix: hegeisthai (means to guide) and ex (means out). The exegesis has the notion of guiding out of the text being studied. More simply put it is any attempt to understand the original intent of the author; you are attempting to draw the meaning out of the text. This is cleary seen when you contrast it with the opposite word in greek eisigesis which means to put meaning into. The idea that the reader "takes things as gospel" and doesn't question the divine authorshp is simply not part of the meaning of the word exegesis, nor does adding the term biblical to it imply that either. Anyone, reagardless of their belief about the authorship of a text, can exegete a text. They are simply trying to understand the intent of the author. In the case of the biblical exegesis it is exegesis with the source text being the bible. No more, no less. -- This unsigned comment was added by an anonymous user from 24.87.68.254 in November 2004

It has been suggested that the current content at Interpretation of the Bible be moved here. I don't see anything there worth salvaging, and am nominating that page for deletion. GRBerry 22:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC) That page has now been deleted and is currently a redirect here. GRBerry 00:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

"Please help to improve this article"
Re ILLUSION. The article cannot be improved in any significant way, as it is based on the illusion that oil and water will mix. Biblical exegesis attempts to make clear the intent of the Original Author. Period. Non-believers attempt to find out what parts of the text were written by which authors and when etc, and also how it came about that these writings were agreed upon to form a book called The Holy Bible. The fact that this also is known by the name of "Biblical exegesis" must necessarily lead to endless confusion if these irreconcilable views are treated in one and the same article. --BZ(Bruno Zollinger) 09:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I can't believe this article doesn't have the word 'athiest' in it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.241.125 (talk • contribs)