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Exegesis
About: Exegesis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3017 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25212 citations. The topic is also known as: Bible interpretation.
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17 May 2013
TL;DR: The layout, evolution and use of the Late Medieval Bible, one of the bestsellers of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, is studied in this paper, drawing on expertise in art history, liturgy, exegesis, preaching and manuscript studies.
Abstract: Drawing on expertise in art history, liturgy, exegesis, preaching and manuscript studies, this volume is the first cohesive study of the layout, evolution and use of the Late Medieval Bible, one of the bestsellers of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
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TL;DR: In a number of passages in the works of Philo of Alexandria Gen. i 26 f. is interpreted of a 'heavenly man' as opposed to the empirical man created in Gen. ii 7 of body and soul as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In a number of passages in the works of Philo of Alexandria Gen. i 26 f. is interpreted of a 'heavenly man' as opposed to the empirical man created in Gen. ii 7 of body and soul. This fact is of particular interest to New Testament studies for two reasons: in the first place it has a particular relevance as a possible background to Paul's statements in I Cor. xv 44 ff.; secondly it takes on a more general significance in the study of the background of the New Testament because it has been suggested that here we have preChristian evidence of the existence of a gnostic anthropos-figure and hence of a gnostic redeemer-myth. As regards the first point, it may well be that exegetes have taken a wrong tack in their initial exegesis of Paul. It has rightly been argued that I Cor. xv 46 is polemical, but is his quarrel with a doctrine of two men? W. SCHMITHALS, for instance, rightly points out that what are contrasted in this verse are two neuters 2); but, even if that point is fully convincing, that does not mean that he is justified in his gnostic interpretation of the two natures in the scheme of thought which Paul here opposes. Although he claims
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31 Dec 2005
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace the rise and development of intercultural Biblical exegesis in Africa, especially with regard to New Testament interpretations, and explore different trends of Biblical ex-egesis practiced in Africa.
Abstract: This article traces the rise and development of intercultural Biblical exegesis in Africa, especially with regard to New Testament interpretations. Different trends of Biblical exegesis practiced in Africa are explored, whereafter the different phases of intercultural exegesis are discussed. The focus falls on inculturation hermeneutic as an important method of interpreting the Bible in an African context. The different proponents of this method are discussed and differences in approach are noted and appraised as a healthy tension.
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