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  • noun Plural form of exegete.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exegete.

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Examples

  • To develop the tools of social transformation she convened an activist community of pastors, preachers, biblical exegetes, theologians and theology students, laymen and laywomen to develop tools to guide the Christian churches in an engagement with the pandemic.

    Karen Torjesen: Feminist Theology In The 21st Century Karen Torjesen 2012

  • Legion is the number of exegetes and theologians who in modern scientific times wanted to appear more newsworthy by showing that there is an agreement, a concordance, between the majestic diction of Genesis 1 and the science of the day.

    Genesis 1: A Cosmogenesis? | by Fr. Stanley L. Jaki 2009

  • Legion is the number of exegetes and theologians who in modern scientific times wanted to appear more newsworthy by showing that there is an agreement, a concordance, between the majestic diction of Genesis 1 and the science of the day.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • To develop the tools of social transformation she convened an activist community of pastors, preachers, biblical exegetes, theologians and theology students, laymen and laywomen to develop tools to guide the Christian churches in an engagement with the pandemic.

    Karen Torjesen: Feminist Theology In The 21st Century Karen Torjesen 2012

  • Catholic exegetes do not nourish the individualistic illusion that biblical texts can be better understood outside the community of believers.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Legion is the number of exegetes and theologians who in modern scientific times wanted to appear more newsworthy by showing that there is an agreement, a concordance, between the majestic diction of Genesis 1 and the science of the day.

    ID/Evolution 2009

  • It was no surprise that one year ago, while the Society of Jesus was assembled to elect its new superior general, the Vatican authorities called its many theologians and exegetes back to greater doctrinal fidelity and a more effective "sentire cum Ecclesia."

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Legion is the number of exegetes and theologians who in modern scientific times wanted to appear more newsworthy by showing that there is an agreement, a concordance, between the majestic diction of Genesis 1 and the science of the day.

    Science 2009

  • In order to respect the coherence of the Church's faith, Catholic exegetes must be careful to perceive the Word of God in these texts, within the faith of the Church .

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Medieval Jewish exegetes such as Ibn Ezra understood the word as “the Jerusalemite,” a feminine epithet derived from Salem (Hebrew shalem), an ancient poetic name for Jerusalem (Psalms 76: 2).

    Shulammite: Bible. 2009

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