exegete in English
noun
1
an expounder or textual interpreter, especially of scripture.
He writes as a New Testament exegete but seeks to cross the line for conversation with those in the church responsible for worship and for outreach.
verb
1
expound or interpret (a text, especially scripture).
I am able to exegete the scriptures in ways that make sense
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1. Philo of Alexandria, the first century Jewish sage, philosopher, and exegete, perhaps known most famously in Christian circles as the great Allegorizer of Israel’s scripture whose methods were taken up by the Alexandrian fathers of the church, has an important description of the ethics of the Essenes that may be pertinent to the question.