exegetical
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Eager fans have analyzed that 30-second teaser clip with the exegetical rigor typically reserved for ancient hieroglyphs.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
She spent much of 2011 enacting Biblical verses word-for-word, which led her on several humorous exegetical adventures.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
As with other details in the book, Brown defends this conclusion in a series of lengthy exegetical endnotes that capture both the scope of his inquiries and the shape of his own fascinations.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2016
But dirt for art’s sake, dirt put to exegetical purpose, is precious – far more precious than good taste.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2015
It appears, then, that the objections to this interpretation of the word day are more geological than exegetical.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
