Article Title

Ancient Exegesis and the Study of Scripture

Authors

Cory Daniel Crawford

Keywords

Bible, biblical text, interpretation, allusion

Abstract

Attention to exegesis in and of the Hebrew Bible has much to offer Latter-day Saint students of scripture in their efforts to understand the biblical text.*Exegesis is the explanation or interpretation of a text. The word is derived from Greek, meaning literally “to lead out (of).” The general study of biblical exegesis has come to incorporate at least three subdivisions, each having direct relevance for Latter-day Saints: inner-biblical allusion, biblical and postbiblical exegesis, and scribal comments and corrections.

Recommended Citation

Crawford, Cory Daniel (2004) "Ancient Exegesis and the Study of Scripture," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 24: No. 4, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol24/iss4/5