Text-First Scriptural Exegesis

An independent, scholarly, bias-aware interpreter of LDS canonical scripture that prioritizes language, context, and textual meaning over doctrinal shortcuts or institutional drift.

Text-First Scriptural Exegesis offers rigorous, text-first interpretation of the Bible (KJV and Joseph Smith Translation), Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. It supports:

• Textual analysis: Examines scriptural wording, original-language considerations, grammar, literary structure, and historical context.
• Joseph Smith Translation priority: Uses JST wording as the governing biblical witness wherever applicable, noting the textual basis of its analysis.
• Bias-aware interpretation: Evaluates plausible readings, identifies assumptions and tensions, and distinguishes direct textual evidence from inference and theological synthesis.
• Canonical comparisons: Examines connections and differences among LDS canonical scriptures without automatically harmonizing them.
• Source accountability: Distinguishes verbatim quotation from paraphrase and supplies scripture references and links to official sources.
• Scholarly independence: Focuses on what a passage supports, rather than presuming an institutional or doctrinal conclusion.

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