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  2. Eisegesis - Wikipedia

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    Eisegesis (/ ˌ aɪ s ɪ ˈ dʒ iː s ɪ s /) is the process of interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one's own presuppositions, agendas or biases. It is commonly referred to as reading into the text. [ 1 ]

  3. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.

  4. List of irregularly spelled places in the United States

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    DEL-hy / ˈ d ɛ l h aɪ / Name of multiple places Del Norte County, California and Del Norte, Colorado: del NORT / d ɛ l ˈ n ɔːr t / Demonbreun Street, Nashville, Tennessee: də-MON-bree-in / d ə ˈ m ɒ n b r i. ɪ n / [6] Dequindre Cut, Detroit, Michigan: duu-KWIN-duurr / d ʊ ˈ k w ɪ n d ʊr / Des Moines, Iowa: dih MOYN / d ɪ ˈ m ...

  5. Exegesis - Wikipedia

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    An English-language Bible open to the Book of Isaiah. Exegesis (/ ˌ ɛ k s ɪ ˈ dʒ iː s ɪ s / EK-sih-JEE-sis; from the Greek ἐξήγησις, from ἐξηγεῖσθαι, "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text.

  6. La Mesa prison - Wikipedia

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    La Mesa State Penitentiary is a prison in La Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is considered "one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America". [1] The prison was built for 2,000 inmates and had 2,500 inmates in the 1990s, but the number increased to over 7,000 by the 2010s. [2] Prisoners have committed offenses ranging from theft ...

  7. Fourth voyage of Columbus - Wikipedia

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    The fourth voyage of Columbus was a Spanish maritime expedition in 1502–1504 to the western Caribbean Sea led by Christopher Columbus.The voyage, Columbus's last, failed to find a western maritime route to the Far East, returned relatively little profit, and resulted in the loss of many crew men, all the fleet's ships, and a year-long marooning in Jamaica.

  8. Talk:Eisegesis - Wikipedia

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    In that case, can eisegesis even be considered an interpretation method at all? It just looks like the word eisegesis does not lend itself to a neutral point of view. Aardvark92 20:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC) After a quick internet survey, I've updated the final section of the page to cover the idea of eisegesis from various religious perspectives.

  9. Luis del Alcázar - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from the Vestigatio, showing the Woman of the Apocalypse.. He is known for his Vestigatio arcani sensus in Apocalypsi (1614) published after his death, putting forward what would later be called a preterist view of Biblical prophecy, in commentary on the Book of Revelation; his work is regarded as the first major application of the method of interpretation of prophecy by reading ...