EXEGESIS

(Or. tj, and rjytouai, I lead.) The term applied most usually to the exposition or interpretation oi the Holy Scriptures; it is also used, however, in an unrestricted sense. This department of biblical learning has been most a iduously cultivated in modern times, especially by the Germans, as the writings of Micliaelis, Schleu ner, Rosenmiiller, Gesenius, . amply testify. [s. 446]