hermeneutical

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For the most part these problems are hermeneutical, that is, the problems are grounded in the various ways that each discipline understands its particular work as the interpretation of its respective "data" (observation for science, revelation for theology, reason for philosophy; of course, reason is essential for all three).

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  • Part of it is due to my current necessity of terminological rigor at the level I have to operate in graduate school right now, but part of it is also due to hermeneutical (interpretation from the reader-side) concerns I have been developing and working on in my studies. —  HogwartsProfessor.com
  • If used as a hermeneutical lens, it provides a rather clear way for us to appreciate Tolkien's theological point. —  Vox Nova
  • Does anyone come to Scripture without some kind of hermeneutical center? —  dangerous idea
  • For the most part these problems are hermeneutical, that is, the problems are grounded in the various ways that each discipline understands its particular work as the interpretation of its respective "data" (observation for science, revelation for theology, reason for philosophy; of course, reason is essential for all three). —  Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!
  • As this study will demonstrate, resurrection is the most pervasive theme of the letter and it functions throughout as a hermeneutical key for reinterpreting the Scriptures and stories of Israel (8). —  WordPress.com News
 

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