Sentences with phrase «such eisegesis»

Early scholarship often was guilty of such eisegesis and gave the union of psychology and biblical interpretation a bad name.

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Eisegesis (from Greek εἰς «into» as opposed to exegesis from ἐξηγεῖσθαι «to lead out») is the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that it introduces one's own presuppositions, agendas, and / or biases into and onto the text

«There can be no question that such a thing can be counterintuitive for more traditional evangelical doctrines of Scripture,» Enns confesses, «since this is eisegesis (reading meaning into Scripture) rather thanexegesis (getting meaning from Scripture).»