- From Inductive Bible Study by Richard Alan Fuhr Jr. and Anreas J. Kostenberger, page 30:
Often readers approach the Bible with an agenda, using it to support various doctrines (whether orthodox or heretical), proof texting along the way. Others will use the Bible as a springboard for various points of interest, focusing on an aspect of the text without asking what the author was really trying to say in the original context… . [A] better way to read Scripture is to approach it on its own terms and to allow it to speak for itself.
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- Theopedia: Eisegesis
- Simply Put: Exegesis and Eisegesis
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