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Biblical scholar
Answer for the clue "Biblical scholar ", 7 letters:
exegete
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Word definitions for exegete in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who expounds or interprets a literary production," 1730s, from Greek exegetes "an expounder, interpreter" (especially of the Bible), from exegeisthai (see exegesis ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter. vb. (context chiefly religion English) To interpret; to perform an exegesis.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exegetist \Ex`e*ge"tist\, n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
Usage examples of exegete.
But, as this method implied the acknowledgment of a sacred literature, Origen was an exegete who believed in the Holy Scriptures and indeed, at bottom, he viewed all theology as a methodical exegesis of Holy Writ.
We needed no commentators or exegetes on our simple Bible in those days.
Both as an exegete and as a typologist he appears as a disciple of the Pharisees.
Doctor planus et utilis, the famous exegete, was born at Lyra in Normandy, 1270.