These hermeneutical canons are much older than the Kabbalah.
And, indeed, such is the advanced state of hermeneutical knowledge, that we have little reason to fear it.
1798, from hermeneutic + -al (1). Related: Hermeneutically.
"interpretive," 1670s, from Greek hermeneutikos "interpreting," from hermeneutes "interpreter," from hermeneuein "to interpret," of unknown origin (formerly considered ultimately a derivative of Hermes, as the tutelary divinity of speech, writing, and eloquence).
