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                                                                                     Concerning                                                                                      Concerning Exegesis

Exegesis as a rule is guided by some control if it is undertaken with a view either to bearing Christian witness or to testing the claims of Christian witness to be valid. Typically, this guidance is provided by the church tradition in which the exegete stands, although it is also often provided by the exegete's other religious or philosophical commitments -- to feminism, say, or to socialism. Certainly, the ordinary Christian typically reads the Bible under the guidance of the church tradition or of the other commitments that are determinative for her or his existence as a Christian and as a human being.

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