Exegesis vs Homiletics - What's the difference?
exegesis | homiletics |
An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one.
* 1885 , Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor),
* 1913 , Francis Aveling, Rationalism'', article in '' ,
* 1940 , , ,
The art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).
As nouns the difference between exegesis and homiletics
is that exegesis is exegesis while homiletics is the art of preaching (especially the application of rhetoric in theology).exegesis
English
(wikipedia exegesis)Noun
(exegeses)- Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4'', ''cf''. Orat. ''i. 8, 52''), ''and insists'' (''id. i.'' 54, cf. already ''de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the writer, in order not to miss the true sense.
- As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis .
- Historical scholarship bears exclusively on interpretive reading; when it is properly subordinated as a means, its end is exegesis'; all of its techniques are of service to the grammatical art. But '''exegesis''' is not ''the'' end; nor is grammar the highest art. ' Exegesis is for the sake of a fair critical judgment, grammar for the sake of logic and rhetoric.