What's the difference between exegesis and explanation?

Exegesis


Definition:

  • (n.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
  • (n.) Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These observations have far-reaching implications regarding contemporary dental curriculum, particularly concerning exegesis of the MPD syndrome theory and concepts of dysfunctional dental occlusion.
  • (2) His unique contribution is his ability to recognize and pursue the uncertain entity, until chance observation, the evolution of the illness, or new technics of study make its exegesis possible.
  • (3) This paper argues on a number of levels that before subjecting the book to psychoanalytic exegesis every effort should be made to understand its conscious intentionality.
  • (4) This paper is an examination of the motivations for the idea, an exegesis of Freud's writings on the subject, and a review of critical opinion.
  • (5) When we are close to nature, we sometimes find ourselves, as Christians put it, surprised by joy: “A happiness with an overtone of something more, which we might term an elevated or, indeed, a spiritual quality.” Exegesis of Pope Francis’s encyclical call for action on climate change | Letters Read more He believes we are wired to develop a rich emotional relationship with nature.
  • (6) Selective exegesis of the various editions of his textbook has led to a rigid view of his contribution.
  • (7) But by a strange dialectic of exegesis and opacity, it and they remain oblique.
  • (8) Alongside came more popular works of exegesis - a Historical Association pamphlet on Cromwell (1958), the bestselling (but not adulatory) biography God's Englishman (1970), the textbook The Century Of Revolution (1961) and the hugely successful Penguin economic history, Reformation To Industrial Revolution (1967).
  • (9) It is also possible to detail painstakingly the techniques of coping with each complication, but such would require book rather than chapter exegesis, and those who need these details are referred to the bibliography.
  • (10) Francis has made it not just safe to be Catholic and green; he’s made it obligatory.” Exegesis of Pope Francis’s encyclical call for action on climate change | Letters Read more Ivereign added: “It captures his deep disquiet about the direction of the modern world, the way technology and the myth of progress are leading us to commodify human beings and exploit nature.
  • (11) The exegesis of the Ilias provides us with ample information on the state of war surgery in archaic Greece.
  • (12) The "arts" conjures up images of committees of bores, worthily reverent exegesis, the horrors of dance, the misfit between opera and even a 42-inch screen, and ancient avant-gardist cliches – "ahead of its time", "ground-breaking", "controversial".
  • (13) It seemed like a brain-dead flagwaver at the time, but Quentin Tarantino gave a famous exegesis (allegedly nicked from his Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary) of the movie's throbbing homoerotic overtones in his cameo in the 1994 independent movie Sleep With Me, an early sign that whatever the critics felt, Tony Scott enjoyed the respect of his fellow directors.
  • (14) In 1966 he was awarded a PhD in Hadith (the sayings of Muhammad, Islam's second source after the Qur'an itself) and Tafsir , exegesis of the Qur'an.
  • (15) We can do an eight-page exegesis of one number,” Hammond says, “for example on how likely it is a company is going to default on its debt.
  • (16) The extent of control of counter-transference and defence analysis in various work-contexts is introduced: in the contract of further training (as a concretion of career-identification), in exegesis (as the central professional activity of protestant theologists, especially clergymen), in socio-cultural comprehension of collective professional duties and aims.
  • (17) The author is professor of palaeobiology at Leicester University Exegesis of Pope Francis’s encyclical call for action on climate change | Letters Read more NOT THE FIRST TIME Previous mass extinctions Geological history includes many periods when species have died in large numbers.
  • (18) · Wall Street Journal 1999 appreciation · Philip K Dick on philosophy: a brief interview · 2019: Off-World: Blade Runner-related archive · The Ten Major Principles of the Gnostic Revelation, from Exegesis

Explanation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.
  • (n.) That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.
  • (n.) The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense.
  • (n.) A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
  • (2) Thus the failure to raise anti-Id with internal image characteristics may provide an explanation for the lack of anti-gp120 activity reported in anti-Id antisera raised to multiple anti-CD4 antibodies.
  • (3) "Gut closure" is an unlikely explanation for these findings.
  • (4) The following possible explanations were discussed: a) the tested psychotropic drugs block prostaglandin receptors in the stomach; b) the test substances react with prostaglandin in the nutritive solution; c) the substances stimulate metabolic processes in the stomach wall that break down prostaglandin.
  • (5) It is possible that the formation of a mycetoma grain may limit a patient's exposure to antigens which confer specificity, an explanation which may also account for the variability in antibody responses seen.
  • (6) This paper provides an overview of the theory, indicating its contributions--such as a basis for individual psychotherapy of severe disorders and a more effective understanding of countertransference--and its shortcomings--such as lack of an explanation for the effects of physical and cognitive factors on object relatedness.
  • (7) Possible explanations of the clinical gains include 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements of mechanical efficiency, 3) restoration of cardiovascular fitness, thus breaking a vicous circle of dyspnoea, inactivity and worsening dyspnoea, 4) strengthening of the body musculature, thus reducing the proportion of anaerobic work, 5) biochemical adaptations reducing glycolysis in the active tissues, and 6) indirect responses to such factors as group support, with advice on smoking habits, breathing patterns and bronchial hygiene.
  • (8) Injections of l-amphetamine were not effective, ruling out non-specific effects of pH, osmolarity and the like and also ruling out noradrenergic actions as explanations of the behavioral effects.
  • (9) The interactions of nitrous oxide with cytochrome c oxidase isolated from bovine heart muscle have been investigated in search of an explanation for the inhibition of mitochondrial respiration by the inhalation anesthetic.
  • (10) Its potential association with midline facial defects as well as an alternative embryological explanation is discussed.
  • (11) A model for the binuclear iron center of ribonucleotide reductase is presented in which the hydroxide ligand sites provide an explanation for the half-of-sites reactivity of the enzyme.
  • (12) It was not certain whether the association was real or what the explanation might be.
  • (13) Such an explanation not only remains vague and speculative but deserves criticism also for being incomplete.
  • (14) The only explanation he can come up with is that Cameron is worried about his legacy.
  • (15) Transfer of nonprofessional tasks out of nursing and reduction of tension arising from reduced responsibility of nurses for coordinating activities with ancillary departments are possible explanations for the positive relation between the presence of SUM and professional nurses' satisfaction.
  • (16) The explanation in other cases may be behavioral: women who use birth control may be less risk taking in their sexual behavior.
  • (17) Possible explanations for the increased ability to better tolerate exercise and activities of daily living (ADL) after training include: 1) psychological encouragement, 2) improvements in mechanical efficiency, 3) improved cardiovascular conditioning, 4) improved muscle function, 5) biochemical adaptations responsible for reducing glucose utilization, 6) desensitization to dyspnea, and 7) contributions from better self-care.
  • (18) Patients with a high titre p24 antibody response progress to AIDS more slowly, and these data provide an explanation why p24 antigenaemia is not universally detected in patients with AIDS.
  • (19) An explanation of this in terms of terrestrial snail (intermediate host) populations and a suggestion for the possible use of these data in developing a predictive model for forecasting lungworm levels for use in in bighorn sheep management are given.
  • (20) We propose a structural explanation of these facts based on the known crystal structure of concanavalin A.