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Exegesis an explanation or interpretation and is often applied to biblical studies. | Exegesis an explanation or interpretation and is often applied to biblical studies. In Roman times, exegetes interpretered "charms, omens, dreams, sacred law and oral pronouncements” Cuddon,(315). A variorum edition (q.v), for example, contains a great deal of exegesis. Variorum can be defined as an edition or text of a work containing notes by various persons or variant readings of the text. | ||
According to Baldick, exegesis "covers critical analysis", unpacking a text for explanation (294). | |||
An example of exegesis is when Christ takes a piece of bread and offers it to his disciples. The bread is symbolic, meaning Christ's crucifixion, in which his body will be broken on the cross. | |||
==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
*Cuddon, J.A. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. 4th ed. London: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998. | *Cuddon, J.A. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. 4th ed. London: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998. | ||
*Baldick, Chris. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990 | *Baldick, Chris. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:31, 15 March 2006
Exegesis an explanation or interpretation and is often applied to biblical studies. In Roman times, exegetes interpretered "charms, omens, dreams, sacred law and oral pronouncements” Cuddon,(315). A variorum edition (q.v), for example, contains a great deal of exegesis. Variorum can be defined as an edition or text of a work containing notes by various persons or variant readings of the text.
According to Baldick, exegesis "covers critical analysis", unpacking a text for explanation (294). An example of exegesis is when Christ takes a piece of bread and offers it to his disciples. The bread is symbolic, meaning Christ's crucifixion, in which his body will be broken on the cross.
Works Cited
- Cuddon, J.A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. 4th ed. London: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1998.
- Baldick, Chris. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.