LESSON3 3: BIBLICAL EXEGESIS

Exegesis in everyday life and as a specialized discipline KINDS OF EXEGESIS

BIBLICAL CULTURAL PERSONAL

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Mark 3:34-35
Knowing Doing Being
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Looking about at those who were sitting around him, Scripture Evangelism Discipleship
he said, “Behold my mother and my brothers! 35 “For Theology Mercy & Justice Counseling
whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and Convictions
sister and mother.”

For the Exegete the meaning of ‘brother’, BIBLICAL EXEGESIS

‘sister’, and ‘mother’ as ‘whowever does the will of God.
Matthew 23:9-10
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Do not call anyone on earth your father, for one is your
father, he who is in heaven. 10 “Do not be called leaders;
for one is your leader, that is, Christ.
Jesus is speaking in HYPERBOLE to magnify the lsson
that his disciples need to learn in fatherhood
The real meaning of fatherhood is servanthood. The
reflection of the father who is above.
 intellectual knowledge historical-critical method
trained scholars hard work academic.
 The standard is to distinguish the way a person
interprets the bible is NOT whether it is right or
wrong interpretation but rather whether it is an
interpretation that comes from the text
(exegesis) or an interpretation that is placed
into the text which the text itself did not mean
(eisegesis)
EISEGESIS

EXEGESIS  Is in contrast of exegesis.

 Is a normal activity that we practice in everyday
living
 Whenever we try to understand something we
have heard or read
 The term “exegesis” is from a combination of
the Greek word ‘ex’ – which means “out of”, of
‘ago’ which means “to lead” and of ‘sis’ which
denotes a process.
 the process of leading out the meaning from
the text
 In a broader sense the term exegesis can refer
to any act of interpretation or explanation.
 Critical explanation or interpretation of a text,
digging into the bible to discover its real
meaning
 reading and understanding the bible the way
that text itself expresses effectively
 we are able to respect the word of god as it is –
HIS WORD
 takes into consideration the parallelism
 ‘eis’ in Greek means ‘into’
 Means the process of leading one’s own
meaning into the text
 Expresses the interpreter’s own ideas, bias, or
the like rather than the meaning of the text.
 Is reading and understanding the text the way
the reader understand.
EXEGETE
 A person skilled in exegesis, an expounder or
textual interpreter, especially of scripture.
EISEGETE
 A person who places meaning on a text which is
not originally or inherently present in the text.
3 THINGS TO BE A GOOD INTERPRETER
1. Admit we need help
- We cannot understand it fully, ask the Holy
Spirit for Wisdom and Understanding.
2. We need faith in the sovereign goodness of the
author
 - Faith not only frees us to go where the bible
leads us, but it impels us to go where the
bible leads us
3. We need to learn how to read with the kind of
care that corresponds to the preciousness of
the book
- The DIVINE WORD

PHYLACTERY

- A small leather box containing Hebrew texts

on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning
prayer as a reminder to keep the law.

5 C’s as KEYS IN DOING EXEGESIS

1. Content
2. Context
3. Comparison
4. Culture
5. Consultation

CONTENT

- Content of the passage is the raw materials

with which you will interpret the text.

LEARN TO OBSERVE AS YOU READ

A. When reading within a particular text, be sure

to note the following four things
1. Terms
2. Structure
3. Literary Form
4. Atmosphere