Definitions for eisegesis
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Princeton's WordNet
eisegesis(noun)
personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas
Wiktionary
eisegesis(Noun)
An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that isn't there. Compare exegesis.
Origin: From εἰς and English exegesis. The English eisegesis is historically unrelated to the Ancient Greek εἰσήγησις.
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