HERMENEUTICS - Definition

Pronunciation:		`hurmu'nootiks
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis

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	See Also:	divinity, theology

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Hermeneutics The primary goal of many hermeneutics texts available today is the elucidation of proper principles of biblical interpretation. Hermeneutics, in contrast, translates hermeneutical theory into five practical steps that can be used to interpret all genre of Scripture. more details ...

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Her`me*neu"tics\, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?).] The science of interpretation and explanation; exegesis; esp., that branch of theology which defines the laws whereby the meaning of the Scriptures is to be ascertained. --Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Glossary

	Definition:	formal study of methods of interpretation. Following Gadamer, the hermeneutical process is often regarded as involving complex interaction between the interpreting subject and the interpreted object.