Crossword-Solution: EXEGETE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Exegete | n. | An exegetist. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “EXEGETE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A person who interprets texts or scriptures | 1 answer |
| Biblical interpreter. | 1 answer |
| Biblical scholar | 1 answer |
| Critical analyst of Biblical text | 1 answer |
| Expert at interpreting a text | 1 answer |
| Expert on the Bible. | 1 answer |
| Scriptural interpreter | 1 answer |
| Scripture interpreter | 1 answer |
| Skilled interpreter | 1 answer |
| Talmudist | 1 answer |
| person who practises exegesis | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
RAAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with EXEGETE (5)
Another Christian exegete of the same period, William of Mara, cites Rashi's commentary under the title of Perus.
The Kabbalist exegete Bahya or Behaia ben Asher, of Saragossa, in his commentary on the Pentateuch (1291) cites Rashi as one of the principal representatives of Peshat - behold how far we have gotten from Ibn Ezra, and how Rashi is cleared of unjust contempt.
While the Catholics and Protestants who possessed Hebrew learning applied themselves to the study of Rashi, among the Jews "he was always revered, always admired, even as an exegete, but he was admired to so high a degree that no one thought of continuing his work and of deepening the furrow he had so vigorously opened.
Dexter says very mildly of Ainsworth's literary work that "there are diversities of gifts, and it is no offence to his memory to conclude that he shone more as an exegete than as a poet." Poesy is a gift of the gods and cometh not from deep Hebrew study nor from vast learning, and we must accept Ainsworth's pious enthusiasm in the place of poetic fervor.
This profound exegete then asks, "Could not something similar have happened in Jacob's case? Even the less lively occidentalist sometimes relates as real what only happened in his mind.
Quotes with EXEGETE (1)
I believe that the writers of Genesis had detected the inherent selfishness in human nature that I propose is in our genes, and invented the myth of original sin to account for it. It's an image. I am not acting as an exegete - I don't interpret scripture.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1964–2009).