[Mad Dawg]

{Me:} Exegesis" in my usage (which I do not propose as normative, I'm just trying to be clear) would be the task whose tools would be translation, all the various "geschichten", 'comparing and contrasting' with other Biblical texts and so forth.

{You} Hmmm...I guess I'm confused with what you are really saying here. Are you saying that what you just said you don't propose as "normative"?

No, I was saying my usage of the term was not intended to be normative. I wasn't saying "This is what the word means," I was saying, "This is what I mean when I use the word," that's all.

[Ken4TA]

Okay, gotcha. I'm beginning to see your method of arriving at what you see the Bible saying and how you go about saying what you say on topics. Not too bad :-)