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An important principle of exegesis is determining the meaning an author wished to convey to the audience. It is quite right to use the historians principle of giving more historical weight to those who have more historical immediacy in order to determine what the original intention of the audience views was. It is notable that the [[young earth|young age view]] was held by the early church as well as early Jewish religous leaders.

: ''Main Article [[Eisegesis]]''

Eisegesis means "reading in" and refers to the practice of reading your own ideas into the text. It is an error, in that it does not allow the Bible to speak to you on its own terms, but only through the filter of your preconceived ideas and even worldview. Platonist philosophy may have influenced people to adopt the practice of allegorical interpretation and abandon an approach which uses a more historical/grammatical approach, which is known as [[exegesis]].