Exegesis

American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)

branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism

thumb|250px|Title page, Midrash Tehillim Midrash (; ; or midrashot) is an expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud. The word itself means "textual interpretation", "study", or "exegesis", derived from the root verb (), which means "resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require".

thumb|An English-language Bible open to the [[Book of Isaiah]] Exegesis ( ; from the Greek , from , "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretations of virtually any text, including not just religious texts but also philosophy, literature, or virtually any other genre of writing. The phrase Biblical exegesis can be used to distinguish studies of the Bible from other critical textual explanations.

author, editor; (1741-1810); married, in 1762, James Trimmer, of Brentford

central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works

Eisegesis () is the process of interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one's own presuppositions, agendas or biases. It is commonly referred to as reading into the text. It is often done to justify or confirm a position already held.

American activist, translator, author

Mekhilta (; ), derived from the Mishnaic Hebrew term middah (), is used to denote a compilation of Jewish exegesis attributed to (or written by) a handful of members of Chazal ().