Before you start your exegesis paper.
How to pick a passage, undertake a word study, and a scholarly literature review.
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What is Exegesis?
!t's a scholarly research methodology used in Biblical Studies disciplines.
For millennia people have read and interpreted Biblical text. Some methods of interpretation were rigorous and insightful, but some were questionable, even harmful, and neglected many relevant factors. To remedy this, modern exegesis aims to provide a standardized, scholarly, critical interpretation and explanation of written text, that incorporates some vital considerations.
Its purpose is to present a case for how the original Biblical author intended their text to be understood by their intended, original reader.
A scholarly exegesis paper is a specified process that demonstrates how an exegete (like yourself) went about his/her exegesis and the factors they took into consideration in doing so. Because of its standardized format, the process allows scholars (also like yourselves) to read the exegesis of others and comment on their evidence-based merits/shortcomings in your papers and publications.
This process provides a strong element of accountability, rigor, and peer review, which minimizes misuse of the text to achieve an agenda. Exegesis is important to Biblical scholars because it allows us to critically interpret and attempt to explain the meaning of Biblical text - and be rigorously accountable for that interpretation. Exegesis provides modern persons with an evidenced-based, scholarly approach to reading Biblical text.
How to lay out your exegesis paper.
Outlines the sections that need to be in your paper, what is discussed in those sections, and all about "style."
Useful resources for your exegesis paper.
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