hermeneutic
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In his book The hermeneutic of hope, he recalled how he had fought against a view prevalent among many faithful at the time that "we are born to suffer".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
The book became a manifesto for evangelical feminism, using a hermeneutic analysis of the Bible, interpreting the text by noting the context in which it was written and extrapolating its tenets to modern life.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Additionally, hermeneutic philosophers contend that philosophical ideas are historical in nature; that is, no philosophical concept can be understood if it is completely abstracted from the historical process that generated it.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
At this point in the book, this looks less like a hermeneutic move than like an expected reality.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
But, third and last, I have tried it with the hermeneutic proof, and dipped it in this most costly lembic; and the liquor remains pure green and clear, not turbid orange, a diamond leaves it.'
From Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner
