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Theopedia
An Encyclopedia of Christianity

Eisegesis

Eisegesis is the act imposing meaning onto a text and is often described in terms of reading "into" the text rather than "out of" it. Therefore it is the opposite of Exegesis.

See also

  • Interpretation of the Bible
  • Exegetical fallacies

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