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.

The World Grown Old and Genesis in Middle English Historical Writings

Abstract: Modern historians of literature have approached primitivism in medieval writings through conventional topics such as the Fall, the Golden Age, and the six world ages. George Boas in 1948 demonstrated the numerous links between classical and medieval primitivisms, "soft" and "hard," and he outlined various schemes of periodization by which medieval historians framed their chronicles.' Emerson, Kaske, and others have explored a special aspect of man's early history as interpreted by medieval writers the relationship between Cain, antediluvian giants, and Beowuif's Grendel.2 Recently, Ruth Mellinkoff has investigated the several legends surrounding Cain and his mysterious mark.3 Medieval primitivism based on Genesis essentially began with Augustine's exegetical history in De civitate Dei, book 15. In this work Augustine thoroughly rehearsed the Genesis events, and he labored to explain difficult narrative claims, such as the great age of antediluvian men like Methuselah (15.1 1), or obscure passages, such as the origin of giants from the "sons of God" (15.22-23). Augustine treated these and other issues as a scholar and historian, comparing the Vulgate with the Septuagint text and seeking the best, most reasonable interpretation. At the same time, he framed his historical exegesis generally in the context of six ages in decline and of the struggle between the earthly and heavenly cities. In Augustine's writings

Witch-hunts, Purity, and Social Boundaries: The Expulsion of the Foreign Women in Ezra 9-10

Abstract: The history of biblical theology and its text(s) an outline of the canonical approach of Brevard S. Childs the hermeneutics of the canonical approach reconsidered preliminaries to a canonical exegesis of the "Sodom narrative" (Genesis 18-19) a canonical exegesis of the "Sodom narrative", part 1 - Genesis 18 a canonical exegesis of the "Sodom narrative", part 2 - Genesis 19 conclusion - a critical appraisal of the canonical approach.

The Exegesis of John X. 30 In the Early Trinitarian Controversies

Abstract: Of all the New Testament writings, it is the Fourth Gospel which raises in their most acute form the problems which were to vex the Church in the Trinitarian controversies of the third and fourth centuries. Many of the arguments set forth both by the heterodox and by their orthodox opponents consisted of exegesis of Johannine texts, and at the centre of the Monarchian controversies of the third century and the Arian controversy of the fourth was the question of the correct exegesis of John x. 30, I and the Father are one (ὡ ἕ ).

An Analysis on Shihab’s Methodology: How do Pronouns Applied?

Abstract: Shihab is an Islamic scholar who have prolifically produced a comprehensive 30 chapters of Qur’anic exegesis entitled Tafsir Al-Mishbah . This book is perceived as the latest Qur’anic exegesis produced by Muslim scholar of the Archipelago. He stresses on the importance of understanding the Qur’an contextually, supported by a strong understanding of the language and not focusing only on the textual meaning. In relation to this, his work has used a lot of linguistics approaches as to obtain the actual verses exegeses. Therefore, this study seeks to analyse critically his linguistics exegesis, and the focus rests on the debate on pronouns. To obtain a expliciter perspective, this study has adopted the library research and document analysis method by making language and reliable popular Qur’anic exegesis books as primary sources of reference. The outcome of this study finds that Shihab had applied five rules in relation to pronouns , all of which have been approved by scholars and exegetes.