Exegetical Problems of Pramanasamuccaya 1.9:

How to do an exegetical study

As interpreters, we all approach the biblical text with a set of presuppositions that govern our exegesis. Since these presuppositions influence our exegesis, we should state them openly. My hermeneutic presuppositions influence the method presented in this chapter. If your views differ significantly from mine, you should still find the chapter helpful, but you may need to adapt it. These are m...

Frege’s Theory of Sense and Reference: Some Exegetical Notes

Frege’s theory of indirect contexts and the shift of sense and reference in these contexts has puzzled many. What can the hierarchy of indirect senses, doubly indirect senses, and so on, be? Donald Davidson gave a well-known ‘unlearnability’ argument against Frege’s theory. The present paper argues that the key to Frege’s theory lies in the fact that whenever a reference is specified (even thou...

Essential Tools for the New Testament Exegetical Paper

“What is an exegetical paper?” is a question often asked by seminary students. Within this question, others are implied. What is the aim of an exegetical paper? How is an exegetical paper researched and written? Which sources and aids must be consulted? And perhaps most often implied, what do seminary professors expect from an exegetical paper? In any version, the question is fair and deserves ...

Solutions of Buffon’s problems in the 19 century

The Buffon’s needle problem is a well known problem of geometric probability. But Buffon formulated and solved also other problems in this topic. We recall them and their solutions by Buffon, Laplace, Todhunter, Lamé and Barbier.

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