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The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

Not all Bible interpretation is about exegesis, and not all questions tagged with it should be retagged to exegesis. But I think this is because the other use of the tag, for questions about how to interpret the whole of the Bible systematically, is not a useful tag. It's like tagging a question with theology - when every question can be tagged with a tag the tag probably shouldn't exist.

I may not be right about this. If you can find some questions that aren't about textual exegesis but for which the bible-interpretation tag is useful, please link to them in an answer.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)

Please vote for the tag synonym here.

The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

Not all Bible interpretation is about exegesis, and not all questions tagged with it should be retagged to exegesis. But I think this is because the other use of the tag, for questions about how to interpret the whole of the Bible systematically, is not a useful tag. It's like tagging a question with theology - when every question can be tagged with a tag the tag probably shouldn't exist.

I may not be right about this. If you can find some questions that aren't about textual exegesis but for which the bible-interpretation tag is useful, please link to them in an answer.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)

Please vote for the tag synonym here.

The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

Not all Bible interpretation is about exegesis, and not all questions tagged with it should be retagged to exegesis. But I think this is because the other use of the tag, for questions about how to interpret the whole of the Bible systematically, is not a useful tag. It's like tagging a question with theology - when every question can be tagged with a tag the tag probably shouldn't exist.

I may not be right about this. If you can find some questions that aren't about textual exegesis but for which the bible-interpretation tag is useful, please link to them in an answer.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)

The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

Not all Bible interpretation is about exegesis, and not all questions tagged with it should be retagged to exegesis. But I think this is because the other use of the tag, for questions about how to interpret the whole of the Bible systematically, is not a useful tag. It's like tagging a question with theology - when every question can be tagged with a tag the tag probably shouldn't exist.

I may not be right about this. If you can find some questions that aren't about textual exegesis but for which the bible-interpretation tag is useful, please link to them in an answer.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)

Please vote for the tag synonym here.

The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)

The bible-interpretation tag continues to get used a lot. I retag it to exegesis when I see it, but I think it should be made a formal synonym. Note that exegesis already has the synonyms of interpretation and hermeneutics.

Not all Bible interpretation is about exegesis, and not all questions tagged with it should be retagged to exegesis. But I think this is because the other use of the tag, for questions about how to interpret the whole of the Bible systematically, is not a useful tag. It's like tagging a question with theology - when every question can be tagged with a tag the tag probably shouldn't exist.

I may not be right about this. If you can find some questions that aren't about textual exegesis but for which the bible-interpretation tag is useful, please link to them in an answer.

(Also, I think the exegesis wiki should be edited - saying it's about "critical interpretation" makes it sound too academic, or possibly limited to source or higher criticism, whereas it's a tag we want users to be using even if the question isn't of a high academic standard.)