isagogics

noun plural but usually singular in construction

isa·​gog·​ics

also isagogic

-ik

: introductory studies

especially : a branch of theology that is preliminary to actual exegesis and deals with the literary and external history of the Bible

Word History

Etymology

isagoge + -ics

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