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  2. Hermeneutics - Wikipedia

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    Hermeneutics was initially applied to the interpretation, or exegesis, of scripture, and has been later broadened to questions of general interpretation. [9] The terms hermeneutics and exegesis are sometimes used interchangeably. Hermeneutics is a wider discipline which includes written, verbal, and nonverbal [7] [8] communication.

  3. Biblical hermeneutics - Wikipedia

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    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, both theory and methodology, for all forms of communication, nonverbal and verbal. [ 1 ]

  4. Hermeneutic circle - Wikipedia

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    Hermeneutic circle. The hermeneutic circle (German: hermeneutischer Zirkel) describes the process of understanding a text hermeneutically.It refers to the idea 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.

  5. Historical-grammatical method - Wikipedia

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    Reader-centered methods are diverse, including canonical criticism, confessional hermeneutics, and contextual hermeneutics. Nevertheless, the historical-grammatical method shares with reader-centered methods the interest in understanding the text as it became received by the earliest interpretive communities and throughout the history of Bible ...

  6. Outline of principles of interpretation - Wikipedia

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    The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the principles of interpretation: Principles of interpretation – methods used to understand language and texts, primarily legal documents and sacred texts. Principles of interpretation may be used in the areas presented below...

  7. Four senses of Scripture - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...

  8. Theological hermeneutics - Wikipedia

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    Christian theological hermeneutics dates from Philo and Origen, [3] and Reformers like Martin Luther using the distinction between the Law and the Gospel [4] and John Calvin using the ideal of brevitas et facilitas [5] [6] It often has a strong connection to biblical hermeneutics, studying the principles of interpretation concerning the books of the Bible as a basis for theologizing.

  9. Brevitas et facilitas - Wikipedia

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    According to Michael Mewborn, Calvin did have a basic approach to Scripture which is often described as brevitas et facilitas (i.e. in derivative form-brevitas-to be brief and relevant and facilitas-to be simple or easily understood), brevitas for short. Brevitas is an assent to clear and concise interpretation.