"eisegete" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eisegetes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eisegete (plural eisegetes)
  1. A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-eisegete-en-noun-KOxPp1we Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36

Verb

Forms: eisegetes [present, singular, third-person], eisegeting [participle, present], eisegeted [participle, past], eisegeted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} eisegete (third-person singular simple present eisegetes, present participle eisegeting, simple past and past participle eisegeted)
  1. To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself Related terms: eisegesis
    Sense id: en-eisegete-en-verb-LGtLJf5A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for eisegete meaning in English (2.5kB)

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          "text": "Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments edited by Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart (page 255) (Routledge, →ISBN http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415968887&id=9MD3qFaGYKcC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&ots=WTzI0sbp1m&dq=eisegete&sig=FYhXwSuFYFJfumbj9GFo-WlHF7c\nAnd nowhere does that nongivenness appear more clearly, paradoxial as that may be, than in the image of Jesus writing something that we readers cannot read, cannot exegete or eisegete, and therefore cannot deconstruct."
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