hermeneutics
11hermeneutics — /herr meuh nooh tiks, nyooh /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures. 2. the branch of theology that deals with the principles of Biblical exegesis. [1730 40; see HERMENEUTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the… …
12hermeneutics — noun The study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts. SAUNDERS or SANDERS, RICHARD (1613–1687?), astrologer, a native of Warwickshire, was born in 1613, commenced the study of hermeneutics about 1647, and… …
13hermeneutics — In Greek = ‘interpretation’: hence, the understanding of biblical texts, including their historical context. The word is also used in a wider sense, to mean the interpretation of a text and its application to the reader after the historical… …
14hermeneutics — /harman(y)uwtaks/ The science or art of construction and interpretation. By the phrase legal hermeneutics is understood the systematic body of rules which are recognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings …
15hermeneutics — /harman(y)uwtaks/ The science or art of construction and interpretation. By the phrase legal hermeneutics is understood the systematic body of rules which are recognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings …
16hermeneutics — The method of interpretation first of texts, and secondly of the whole social, historical, and psychological world. The problems were familiar to Vico, and raised in connection with biblical criticism by Schleiermacher . Under the title of… …
17hermeneutics — See interpretation …
18hermeneutics — (Sing.) The science of interpretation, especially of biblical texts …
19HERMENEUTICS — an inquiry concerning the PRESUPPOSITIONS and rules of interpretation of a text which is usually a written document although it could be some FORM of artistic or social expression …
20hermeneutics — n. science of interpretation (especially of the Scriptures) …