Hermeneutics: Difference between revisions

Eisegesis means "reading in" and refers to the practice of inserting your own ideas into a text. It leads inexorably to erroneous interpretations, in that the practice does not allow the Bible to speak to you on its own terms, but instead through the filter of preconceived ideas and even worldview. The ancient Platonist philosophy influenced people to adopt academic skepticism at one point, questioning any true knowledge,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Platonism]] By Wikipedia</ref> and may be seen as a root toward the later opposition of the historical/grammatical method of [[exegesis]]. The ability to reason and the superiority of it is a fundamental of Platonist philosophy. The principle of eisegesis also found success in a more widespread manner centuries later as an intellectual critique of liberal Christian theology founded during the [[enlightenment]] upon the common theme running throughout; contextual relativism.