Hermeneutics: The Handwritten Manuscripts

Friedrich Schleiermacher's Hermeneutics has been characterized as awatershed in the history of the field. Though he drew freely from hisEnlightenment predecessors, biblical scholars, and classical philologians,Schleiermacher attempted a full-scale reconception of hermeneutical theory.Based on Heinz Kimmerle's careful transcription of the original handwrittenmanuscripts, this volume includes a full complement of materials on hermeneuticswritten by Schleiermacher, as well as an illuminating introduction by JamesDuke.