Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. It is more than interpretive principles or methods used when immediate comprehension fails and includes the art of understanding and communication.

History

Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture. It emerged as a theory of human understanding through the work of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Wilhelm Dilthey in the 19th century and has been further developed by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur.

Biblical Hermeneutics

Biblical Hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible. It is part of the broader field of hermeneutics, which involves the study of principles of interpretation for all forms of communication, including both verbal and nonverbal.

Philosophical Hermeneutics

Philosophical Hermeneutics refers to the branch of philosophy that is concerned with understanding and interpretation. It was developed by German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and is a type of hermeneutics that explores how we understand and interpret various forms of communication.

Hermeneutic Circle

The Hermeneutic Circle is a concept in hermeneutics that refers to the process of understanding a text through its parts and the whole. The idea is that one's understanding of the text as a whole is established by reference to the individual parts and one's understanding of each individual part by reference to the whole.

See Also

• Exegesis
• Eisegesis
• Hermeneutic Phenomenology

References

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