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Conversely, hermeneutics is a worldview that espouses interpretation, heuristics, and emergence:— MSDN Blogs
This position holds that proper exegesis requires the use of proven rules of interpretation ([[hermeneutics]]), and that such confirms the transcendent relevancy of the Bible, and that it's [[moral]] laws are immutable.— Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
One huge difference between biblical and constitutional hermeneutics is that we know who the authors of the Constitution were and we can consult their other writings for guidance in determining their intentions.— Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
This is perhaps the most difficult aspect of Islam for many non-Muslim Americans, who must look back to Puritan Massachusetts for a time when hermeneutics -- the art of interpreting a holy text -- was such a consequential public matter.— Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
Two papers not especially well versed in hermeneutics, the— Slugger O'Toole

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