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Throughout these forums and elsewhere I have seen the word “isogesis” misused, when the word “eisegesis” should have been used instead. Eisegesis is the opposite of exegesis, and the confusion arises because in English it is pronounced very similar to the way “isogesis” would be pronounced if “isogesis” were, in fact, a legitimate word.
Although “isogesis” is not in any dictionary that I’m aware of, on some rare occasions I have seen apologists and scripture scholars use it to describe a technique of exegesis in which a word (or phrase) is compared with the same word (or phrase) used through several parts of a manuscript or in separate manuscripts. That would make “isogesis” a portmanteau (i.e. an abbreviated combination) of “Isos” (Greek for “equal”) with “Exegesis”.
So, is “isogesis” a real word, or is it merely a clever slang term used by a few apologists and scripture exegetes?
Although “isogesis” is not in any dictionary that I’m aware of, on some rare occasions I have seen apologists and scripture scholars use it to describe a technique of exegesis in which a word (or phrase) is compared with the same word (or phrase) used through several parts of a manuscript or in separate manuscripts. That would make “isogesis” a portmanteau (i.e. an abbreviated combination) of “Isos” (Greek for “equal”) with “Exegesis”.
So, is “isogesis” a real word, or is it merely a clever slang term used by a few apologists and scripture exegetes?