EXEGESIS

(Gr. tj, and v,yiof^<x.t, I lead.) The term applied most usually to the exposition or interpretation of the Holy Scriptures; it is also used, however, in an unrestricted sense. This department of bibUcal learning has been most a iduously cultivated in modern times, especially by the Germans, as the writings of Michael is, Schleu ner, Rosenmiiller, Gesenius, . amply testify. [s. 442]