Exegesis, exegesis, and yet more exegesis!

“...when the exhaustive exegesis of God's Word doesn't create people transformed into the image of Jesus, we have missed the forest for the trees.”

— Jen Hatmaker

“The medieval period based its scriptural exegesis upon the Vulgate translation of the Bible. There was no authorized version of this text, despite the…

— Alister E. McGrath

“This magnificent poem [Exodus 15:1-21] has been much analyzed, dissected, scanned, and compared with an array of supposed precedent and counterpart works. It has…

— John I. Durham

“In my view, the gospels are true, not historically, but theologically, or, as I would argue, prophetically! What we have is, the Messiah’s history…

— Eli Of Kittim

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

— Christy Turlington

[The sensate body possesses] an art of interrogating the sensible according to its own wishes, an inspired exegesis.

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

One of the things I really respect about Doug Moo is that he is constantly grappling with the text. Where he hears the text…

— N. T. Wright

“Historical exegesis is only the preliminary part of interpretation; application is its essence. Exegesis without application should not be called interpretation at all.”

— J.I. Packer

“Spiritual exegesis is not an unrestrained flight of the imagination. Rather, it is a sacred science that proceeds according to certain principles and stands…

— Scott Hahn

“What is the difference between my view and the classical Christian perspective? I am convinced that there are not multiple comings and multiple returns…

— Eli Of Kittim

It is perhaps just dawning on five or six minds that physics, too, is only an interpretation and exegesis of the world (to suit…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What on earth is modern exegesis up to? Oh, little lazy one! Some red wine and up! Off you go, brandishing your fork, stripped…

— Louis Aragon

There is a simplicity that exists on the far side of complexity, and there is a communication of sentiment and attitude not to be…

— Anonymous

“Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which…

— John Paul II

“The proper mode of discussing any single theological topic is exegetical and rational. The first step to be taken is to deduce the doctrine…

— William G.T. Shedd