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Uncommon card · Science
Exegesis, an Uncommon card
Exegesis is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 120
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 120 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Exegesis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Exegesis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The term is traditionally applied to the ______ of Biblical works.
Answer
interpretation. The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works. From the Exegesis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dario Amodei. Dario Amodei 3,300,000 · Ultra HD Blu-ray 190,000 · Exegesis 140,000 · Timothy Szretter 330 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The term is traditionally applied to the interpretation of Biblical works.
- In modern usage, exegesis can involve critical interpretations of virtually any text, including not just religious texts but also philosophy, literature, or virtually any other genre of writing.
- The phrase Biblical exegesis can be used to distinguish studies of the Bible from other critical textual explanations.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Exegesis article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Exegesis
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Exegesis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ken Horn, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
