0 an explanation of a text, especially from the Bible, after its careful study --
Theology and church history and exegesis and sacred rhetoric retreated from the foreground of that scholastic drama.
It is now more than thirty years since he was elected professor of Old Testament exegesis at Berlin.
In later life he compiled numerous works of scriptural exegesis.
His works embrace the departments of exegesis, doctrine, and practical religion.
But little exegesis is needed for a right comprehension of the true and substantial import of the work.
