hermeneutics
[hur-muh-noo-tiks, -nyoo-]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
the branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis.
Origin of hermeneutics
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Historical Examples of hermeneutics
This is a question, as the Germans express it, of hermeneutics.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and InductiveJohn Stuart Mill
The hermeneutics of gems are uncertain, and founded on mere fanciful resemblances, on the harmonies of ideas hard to assimilate.
The CathedralJoris-Karl Huysmans
It is no longer a question of hermeneutics, no longer a struggle between abstruse dogmas of rival churches.
Such a right he could never have derived from humanity, or philosophy, or hermeneutics.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, OmnibusAmerican Anti-Slavery Society
The history of hermeneutics in all times shows that there is but one step from the literal to the allegorical.
hermeneutics
noun (functioning as singular)
Word Origin for hermeneutics
C18: from Greek hermēneutikos expert in interpretation, from hermēneuein to interpret, from hermēneus interpreter, of uncertain origin
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