Weekly Word: Exegesis

This is one of my favorite ones. I learned this word back in undergrad, and for some reason it has stuck with me. Who would have known that I would still remember it to this day.

So what does it mean?

Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξηγεῖσθαι 'to lead out') is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text.

Now the fun part is how you use it. Most commonly the word is used in an academic setting...like in a summary of a text, an analysis of some written document or something similar. Clearly, it has several uses in law, but lawyers like to ask for a case summary rather than the exegesis of the case, because they don't want analysis or critical explanation...they just want recitation.......BORING!

Challenge of the week....use the word exegesis...even if it is just putting the word in a sentence in the comments on this blog!