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Hermeneutics was originally understood to be the branch of Theology concerned with exegesis. The term then became the designation for a discipline within philosophy concerned with study of interpretation in a more general sense. It may be described as the development and study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts. The concept of "text" is here also extended beyond written documents to any number of objects subject to interpretation. A hermeneutic is defined as a specific system or machinery for interpetation, or a specific theory of interpretation.
Etymology
The word hermeneutics is a term derived from 'Ερμηνεύς, the Greek word for interpreter. This, in turn, is related to the name of the Greek god Hermes in his role as the interpreter of the messages of the gods. The Greek word thus has the basic meaning of one who makes the meaning clear.
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