exegetical

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Eager fans have analyzed that 30-second teaser clip with the exegetical rigor typically reserved for ancient hieroglyphs.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

She spent much of 2011 enacting Biblical verses word-for-word, which led her on several humorous exegetical adventures.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

As with other details in the book, Brown defends this conclusion in a series of lengthy exegetical endnotes that capture both the scope of his inquiries and the shape of his own fascinations.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2016

But dirt for art’s sake, dirt put to exegetical purpose, is precious – far more precious than good taste.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2015

These lectures are interesting and instructive, but to our taste, they are too diffuse and elaborate, and not sufficiently critical, or rather exegetical and compact.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert