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Eisegesis means "reading in" and refers to the practice of inserting personal ideas into interpretation of a text preconceived through the [[philosophy]] of a [[worldview]]. Eisegesis leads inexorably to erroneous interpretations, in that it does not allow the Bible to speak to you on its own terms.<ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Jesus-Was-An-Aids-Victim-South-African-Pastor-Causes-Outrage-With-Controversial-HIV-Sermon/Article/201009115712929?lpos=World_News_Second_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15712929_Jesus_Was_An_Aids_Victim%3A_South_African_Pastor_Causes_Outrage_With_Controversial_HIV_Sermon African Pastor: 'Jesus Was An Aids Victim'] Emma Hurd, Africa correspondent. September 03, 2010</ref> Eisegesis generally found widespread success as an intellectual critique of Christianity within [[liberal Christian theology]] embraced during the [[Enlightenment]]. The ancient Platonist philosophy influenced academic [[skepticism]], at one point questioning any true knowledge,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Platonism#The_Academy|Platonism]] By Wikipedia</ref> and may be seen as an historical root that grew into the later opposition of a historical-critical/grammatical exegesis.
Eisegesis means "reading in" and refers to the practice of inserting personal ideas into interpretation of a text preconceived through the [[philosophy]] of a [[worldview]]. Eisegesis leads inexorably to erroneous interpretations, in that it does not allow the Bible to speak to you on its own terms.<ref>[http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Jesus-Was-An-Aids-Victim-South-African-Pastor-Causes-Outrage-With-Controversial-HIV-Sermon/Article/201009115712929?lpos=World_News_Second_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15712929_Jesus_Was_An_Aids_Victim%3A_South_African_Pastor_Causes_Outrage_With_Controversial_HIV_Sermon African Pastor: 'Jesus Was An Aids Victim'] Emma Hurd, Africa correspondent. September 03, 2010</ref> Eisegesis generally found widespread success as an intellectual critique of Christianity within [[liberal Christian theology]] embraced during the [[Enlightenment]]. The ancient Platonist philosophy influenced academic [[skepticism]], at one point questioning any true knowledge,<ref>[[Wikipedia:Platonism#The_Academy|Platonism]] By Wikipedia</ref> and may be seen as an historical root that grew into the later opposition of a historical-critical/grammatical exegesis.
== Historical vs. Mythological ==
History and mythology bear distinct literary characteristics.  These include:
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
!width="200"|  '''History'''
!width="180"|  '''Mythology'''
|-
|Recounting of events in dry, factual, linear manner
|Exaggeration, hyperbole, and emotional appeals
|-
|Provides specific timeframes for events
|Absence of timeframes
|-
|Provides details such as genealogies and geography
|Absence of such details
|-
|Describes people in objective fashion; no hero-worship
|Creates "heroes" and "villains"
|-
|Earliest known form written
|Earliest known form oral
|}


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