13 Rules Of Exegesis Flashcards
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- Inference from similarity of phrases in text.
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- An analogy between two laws established on the basis of identical expressions in the Biblical text.
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- Inference from minor to major or from major to minor.
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- A conclusion drawn from a minor premise or more lenient condition to a major or more strict one, and vice versa.
2
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- A comprehensive principle derived from one text, or from two related texts.
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- A general principle derived from one Biblical text or from two related Biblical texts (is applicable to all similar cases, though not specified in detail).
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- A general proposition followed by a specifying particular.
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- When a general rule is followed by an explicit particular, [the rule is limited to the specified].
4
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- A particular term followed by a general proposition.
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- When a specification is followed by a general rule, [all that is contained in the general rule applies].
5
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- A general law limited by a specific application and then treated again in general terms must be interpreted according to the tenor of the specific limitation.
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- When a general rule is followed by a specification and then again by a general rule, the rule is applicable only to such cases which are similar to the specification.
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- A general proposition requiring a particular or specific term to explain it, and conversely, a particular term requiring a general one to compliment it.
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- When a general rule requires an explicit specification [for the sake of clarity, the general rule is not limited to the specified particular, as in rule 4]. Similarly, when a specification requires a generalization [For the sake of clarity, the generalization does not have the all-embracing effect, as in rule 5].
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- When a subject included in a general proposition is afterwards particularly excepted to give information concerning it, the exception is made not for that one instance only, but to apply to the general proposition as a whole.
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- When a particular case that is included in a general law is singled out to instruct us concerning something new, it is singled out not only to teach concerning its own case, but is to be applied to the whole of the general law.
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- Whenever anything is first included in a general proposition and is then excepted to prove another similar proposition, this specifying alleviates and does not aggravate the law’s restriction.
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- When a particular case that is included in a general law is singled out to add another provision similar to the general law, it is singled out in order to lessen, but not to increase, the severity of that provision.
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- But when anything is first included in a general proposition and is then excepted to state a case that is not a similar proposition, such specifying alleviates in some respects and in others aggravates the law’s restriction.
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- When a particular case that is included in a general law is singled out to add another provision which is unlike the general provision, it is singled out in order, in some aspects to lessen, and in other aspects to add to, the severity of the provision.
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- Anything included in a general proposition and afterwards excepted to determine a new matter can not be applied to the general proposition unless this be expressly done in the text.
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- When a particular case included in a general law is singled out with a new stipulation, the provisions of the general law no longer apply to it, unless the Torah expressly states that they do.
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- An interpretation may be deduced from the text or from subsequent terms of the text.
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- The meaning of a passage maybe deduced from its context or from a subsequent passage.
12
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- In like manner when two texts contradict each other, we follow the second, until a third text is found which reconciles the contradiction.
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- Similarly, when two Biblical passages contradict each other, the meaning may be determined by a third Biblical text which reconciles them.
