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(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

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Roth laughed, wrote the exegesis himself, and fed it into the shredder

—p.81 The Double's Allegiance (71) by Ari M. Brostoff

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Roth laughed, wrote the exegesis himself, and fed it into the shredder

—p.81 The Double's Allegiance (71) by Ari M. Brostoff

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(noun) a system of religious mysticism teaching that perfection and spiritual peace are attained by annihilation of the will and passive absorption in contemplation of God and divine things / (noun) a passive withdrawn attitude or policy toward the world or worldly affairs / (noun) a state of calmness or passivity

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Roth can reframe his alter ego's quietism as negation

—p.82 The Double's Allegiance (71) by Ari M. Brostoff

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Roth can reframe his alter ego's quietism as negation

—p.82 The Double's Allegiance (71) by Ari M. Brostoff

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