Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern
, by Bruns, Gerald L.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780300063035 | 0300063032
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 3/1/1995
In this wide-ranging meditation on the nature and purpose of hermeneutics, Gerald L. Bruns argues that hermeneutics is not merely a contemporary theory but an extended family of questions about understanding and interpretation that predate the beginning of writing. Bruns situates the basic questions of hermeneutics against a background of different cultural traditions and philosophical topics, discussing for example, the interpretation of oracles, the quarrel between philosophy and poetry, Rabbinical midrash, and the nature of Romantic hermeneutics.