eisegete

eisegete
1. noun
A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.
2. verb
To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself

And nowhere does that nongivenness appear more clearly, paradoxial as that may be, than in the image of Jesus writing something that we readers cannot read, cannot exegete or eisegete, and therefore cannot deconstruct.

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  • Eisegesis — (from the Greek root εις, meaning into, in, among) is the process of misinterpreting a text in such a way that it introduce one s own ideas, reading into the text. This is best understood when contrasted with exegesis. While exegesis draws out… …   Wikipedia

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