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hermeneutics

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her·me·neu·tics  (hûrm-ntks, -ny-)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The theory and methodology of interpretation, especially of scriptural text.
herme·neutist n.
hermeneutics [ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪks]
n (functioning as singular)
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the science of interpretation, esp of Scripture
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the branch of theology that deals with the principles and methodology of exegesis
3. (Philosophy) Philosophy
a.  the study and interpretation of human behaviour and social institutions
b.  (in existentialist thought) discussion of the purpose of life
[from Greek hermēneutikos expert in interpretation, from hermēneuein to interpret, from hermēneus interpreter, of uncertain origin]
hermeneutics
the science of interpretation and explanation, especially the branch of theology that deals with the general principles of Biblical interpretation. — hermeneut, hermeneutist, n.
See also: Bible
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Noun1.hermeneutics - the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis
theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth


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Robert Saler brings the theological resources of the Lutheran Confessions into dialogue with contemporary theology by discussing biblical hermeneutics.
Chloe's people by Klein, Ralph W. / Currents in Theology and Mission
For while he has long deconstructed the high modernisms of the death of God, refuting Taylor's claim that deconstruction is the hermeneutics of the death of God, there is no weakening of the radicality of deconstruction and its deconstruction of authority and its authors: "the death of the author the death of God, is the narrow gate through which we reach the kingdom of God.
The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event by Keller, Catherine / Cross Currents
Chapters discuss and analyze the hermeneutics of the movement and underlying theological presumptions, healing theology in practice both in years past and the modern day, and theological reflections from trinitarian, pneumatological, christological/soteriological, ecclesiological, and eschatological viewpoints.
Pentecostal Healing by Taylor, John / MBR Bookwatch
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