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> what this hermeneutics thing is?  In plain English.  It sounds like 

>From Webster's:

her.me.neu.tics \-iks\ n pl but sing or pl in constr : the study of the
methodological principles of interpretation (as of the Bible)

In plain English -- "how to interpret what the Bible says."

> P.S. What's an exegete???  Something from Japan maybe?

ex.e.gete \'ek-s*-.je-t\ n [Gk exe-ge-te-s, fr. exe-geisthai] : one who
practices exegesis



Okay okay okay....

ex.e.ge.sis \.ek-s*-'je--s*s\ \-'je--.se-z\ n or ex.e.ge.ses [NL, fr.
Gk exe-ge-sis, fr. exe-geisthai to explain, inter] pl pret, fr. ex- +
he-geisthai to lead : explanation or critical interpretation of a text


Richart "smart aleck" Masoner