Hermeneutics

This essay looks to discuss my assumption that the best interpretation of a work of literature is the author’s intention for the work, as it is the basis for the work. This paper criticises this assumption as it does not allow for a sufficient understanding of literature and since there is no way to prove that there is a best interpretation. The paper offers a new assumption to alleviate these problems which states that a set of interpretations which have sufficient textual evidence are the…

Because everyone differs from one another, each person’s opinions and interpretations of everyday events will vary based on how the information is perceived. These differences are especially noticed when reading and analyzing works of literature. Poems, for example, often lead to an audience with very different interpretations of the meaning being conveyed. Although Natasha Trethewey’s poem, “Artifact,” is a rather simply structured and straightforward poem, the connotations of the diction can…

Freeman Tilden once said, “Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection.” He includes this quote in his book, Interpreting Our Heritage, which turned the world on its head as he introduced six principles of interpretation for organizations and institution whose job it is to educate the general public. Writing in 1957, he understood early on that this field would be evolving and ever-changing. Even now in 2017, these principles stand…

Pneuma and Logos: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Biblical Hermeneutics, was the PhD dissertation of Dr. John W Wyckoff in the year 1990. In this dissertation, he displays a scholarly approach in portraying the integral part and as well as analyze other doctrinal perspectives that discount the need of the Holy Spirit in the interpretation of the Holy Bible. The book has been distributed over five distinct chapters where each chapter takes a related and structured projection of the theological…

Indeed, Giddens explains how “the sociological analysis of any social system must engage in a double hermeneutic, paying close attention to the ways in which ‘structures’ both constrain action and make meaningful action possible” (pp. 235). The essence of Giddens ‘argument is that to be able to study society, researchers should be aware of the way that society…

Said, and a New Approach to Biblical Interpretation’) and offers first an overview of the present state of postcolonial biblical hermeneutics, addressing the gap between scholarly and vernacular methods, before going on to discuss the contrapuntal approach introduced by Edward Said and how this can be used as a solution to begin bridging this gap. She then presents an example of this…

Dr. Outlaw spoke on Christopher Wright’s missional hermeneutic, and he addressed the question: “How can systematic theology be used to reach people cross culturally?” Despite language barriers, different cultures communicate in different ways. Therefore, complexities will obviously arise from ministering in a cross cultural context. The proposed “solution” for this issue is an adjustment from focusing on a systematic theology to biblical theology as a point of view that focuses on the narrative…

When the hermeneutic becomes a way of preserving life, the gather of information changes. Freud gather his information like archeologist mind for artifacts. His diligence and depth causes him to retrace and rethink processes with the thought of finding the most efficient means for clarity. Sartre’s willingness or naiveté to engage people of different cultures and races was a means that proved necessary as means of living for some. Fanon used his particular hermeneutic to provide valuable…

everything else is read and understood (p. 96). At one hand, members of the community are expected to grow to maturity and even perfection by strictly obeying God`s commands; on the other hand, they are called on to follow what Richard hays calls the “hermeneutics of mercy”. The problem could have easily been solved, if we were to know on which occasions should we show mercy and on which occasions should we punish people. Jesus makes it clear that in the case of an unrepentant sinner is a…

This essay applies the lens of hermeneutics and actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze a picked scene from the movie HER, which was directed by Spike Jonze in 2013, in order to understand the relationship between humans and technology. In the film, the main character Theodore works as a letter-author. He is on the verge of divorce with his wife, Catherine. Technology provides him a more colorful living environment that he needs especially under his situation. Sadness and anti-social, to him,…