"Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, as well as philosophical texts."
The study of interpreting historical texts and documents.
Meaning and interpretation: This encompasses discussions on how meaning is generated and conveyed, and how interpretation is influenced by many factors, such as context, culture, language, and historical background.
Theories of communication: This refers to the various theories and models of communication that provide insights into how messages are transmitted and received, and how language is used to convey meaning.
Contextualization: This involves analyzing texts in their historical, social, and cultural contexts in order to understand their meanings and implications.
Authorial intention: This topic touches on the role of the author in creating meaning and how it relates to the interpretation of a text.
Reader response theory: This theory highlights the importance of the reader’s subjective interpretation and response to a text in shaping its meaning.
Structuralism and post-structuralism: These are theories that focus on the underlying structures and systems of meaning that shape language and culture.
Genre theory: This refers to the ways in which communicated messages are categorized and organized into different types or genres, such as poetry, prose, drama, and so on.
Literary theory: This covers a range of theories that explore the nature and function of literature, including formalism, new criticism, and deconstruction.
Historical criticism: This method considers texts as a reflection of historical events and their cultural context, and aims to uncover the intentions and perspectives of the author in relation to that context.
Theological hermeneutics: This involves the study of how religious texts are interpreted and understood, in light of the beliefs and practices of the particular faith community.
Postmodernism: This worldview challenges traditional notions of objectivity and certainty, questioning the certainty of language and the very possibility of meaning.
Ethics: This topic concerns the ethical implications of hermeneutical approaches, such as the responsibility of the interpreter to the text and the effects of interpretation on social and cultural systems.
Traditional Hermeneutics: This is a type of Hermeneutics that applies to interpreting texts within their historical and cultural context.
Ontological Hermeneutics: This type deals with the ways individuals 'make sense' of their world through language and interpretation.
Critical Hermeneutics: This type applies a critical analysis to texts to uncover hidden meanings, subtexts, and ideologies.
Postmodern Hermeneutics: This type promotes the idea that the meaning of texts is not fixed but rather constructed through interpretation.
Feminist Hermeneutics: This type calls for an interpretation of texts that considers the social, cultural, and gendered context in which they were produced.
Psychoanalytic Hermeneutics: This type applies principles of psychoanalysis to texts to uncover unconscious desires and meanings.
Reader-response Hermeneutics: This type emphasizes the role of the reader in interpreting texts and acknowledges that different readers will interpret the same text differently.
Pragmatist Hermeneutics: This type views interpretation as a practical, problem-solving activity that aims to produce useful outcomes.
Phenomenological Hermeneutics: This type seeks to uncover the underlying structures of experience that shape our understanding of texts.
Biblical Hermeneutics: This type applies to the interpretation of the Bible and seeks to understand the meanings of its texts within their historical and cultural context.
"Hermeneutics has been broadly applied in the humanities, especially in law, history and theology."
"Modern hermeneutics includes both verbal and non-verbal communication as well as semiotics, presuppositions, and pre-understandings."
"Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture, and has been later broadened to questions of general interpretation."
"The terms hermeneutics and exegesis are sometimes used interchangeably."
"Hermeneutic, as a count noun in the singular, refers to some particular method of interpretation."
"Hermeneutics has been broadly applied in the humanities, especially in law, history and theology."
"The aim of hermeneutics is the interpretation of texts."
"Modern hermeneutics includes both verbal and non-verbal communication as well as semiotics, presuppositions, and pre-understandings."
"Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts."
"Hermeneutics includes both verbal and non-verbal communication."
"Hermeneutics has been broadly applied in the humanities, especially in law, history and theology."
"Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture."
"Exegesis focuses primarily upon the word and grammar of texts."
"Hermeneutics may include the art of understanding and communication."
"Hermeneutics is the theory and methodology of interpretation."
"Modern hermeneutics includes... non-verbal communication as well as semiotics."
"The aim of hermeneutics is the interpretation of texts."
"Hermeneutics has been broadly applied... in history."
"Hermeneutics has been broadly applied... in theology."