"eisegesis" - reading into the text what is not there - and interpret everything based upon those assumptions. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
The report included his eisegesis of the forensic evidence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2004] Reference
What you did was eisegesis – you read your own biases into the text. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Boy Bible Study] Reference
For me, it is an illustration of the contrast between exegesis and eisegesis. From Wordnik.com. [Wholesome example or guilt trip?] Reference
Do I detect some condescension on your part here between the lines, or is that just eisegesis on my part?. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Day march.] Reference
Miscegenation laws were justified in part on a Protestant eisegesis of scriptures that were silent on the issue. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarian Squishiness:] Reference
The fault that the blogger sees in the rector's preaching is what we were taught in seminary to call "eisegesis.". From Wordnik.com. [The pacifist sermon.] Reference
Careful not to read back — eisegesis / eisegetic — a “libertarian” reading of Locke onto the “founding”!. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » McCain’s Interesting Reading of the Constitution:] Reference
“Careful not to read back — eisegesis / eisegetic — a “libertarian” reading of Locke onto the “founding”!”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » McCain’s Interesting Reading of the Constitution:] Reference
Dreams are often so ambiguous that interpreting them is a form of eisegesis guided more by wishful thinking than by the unvarnished truth. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
It should be noted, incidentally, that Lurie is speaking nonsense in saying that Susan is 'shut out of paradise forever' -- this is a massive eisegesis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
From my perspecitve, those layers are all well & good for building a theology if you are in to this type of eisegesis... but the only responsible exegesis must have both feet firmly planted in original meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Jesus the Mystic in the Gospel of John] Reference
That divide can be stated clearly … exegesis good … eisegesis bad, bad, BAD!. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
Of course, I'm guilty of eisegesis here, and who knows, maybe Mary was a habitual slacker. From Wordnik.com. [The Website of Unknowing] Reference
This is classic, picture-perfect eisegesis, or "reading into Scripture what is not there.". From Wordnik.com. [Biblical Evidence for Catholicism] Reference
No, you're just making this up out of thin air, because you believe it supports your ridiculous eisegesis. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Firm] Reference
In contrast to homosexual attempts at eisegesis (2Pet. 3: 16) nowhere is same-sex marriage evident or sanctioned, in principal or by precept. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
James Cone within the book points to the central Biblical foundation for his liberation theology, and thus by his particular eisegesis black liberation theology. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(exegesis) and not the other way around (eisegesis). From Wordnik.com. [www.markdroberts.com] Reference
Paul, spell eisegesis (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2004] Reference
Or is that eisegesis in your eyes?. From Wordnik.com. [Quote of the Day (Lisa Miller)] Reference
The opposite of exegesis would be eisegesis. science or practice of understanding text (theory of interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
That is pure and simple eisegesis. From Wordnik.com. [Biblical Evidence for Catholicism] Reference
The opposite of exegesis would be eisegesis. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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