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'''Hermeneutics''' is the study of [[interpretation]] theory. [[Tradition]]al hermeneutics - which includes [[Bible|Biblical]] hermeneutics - refers to the study of the interpretation of written [[texts]], especially texts in the areas of [[literature]], [[religion]] and [[law]]. Contemporary or modern hermeneutics encompasses not just issues involving the written text, but everything in the interpretative [[process]]. This includes verbal and nonverbal forms of [[communication]] as well as prior aspects that impact communication, such as presuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1]  

'''Hermeneutics''' is the study of [[interpretation]] theory. [[Tradition]]al hermeneutics - which includes [[Bible|Biblical]] hermeneutics - refers to the study of the interpretation of written [[texts]], especially texts in the areas of [[literature]], [[religion]] and [[law]]. Contemporary or modern hermeneutics encompasses not just issues involving the written text, but everything in the interpretative [[process]]. This includes verbal and nonverbal forms of [[communication]] as well as prior aspects that impact communication, such as presuppositions, preunderstandings, the [[meaning]] and [[philosophy]] of [[language]], and [[semiotics]].[1]  

 

Philosophical hermeneutics refers primarily to [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]]'s theory of [[knowledge]] as developed in ''Truth and Method'', and sometimes to [[Paul Ricoeur]].[2] A hermeneutic (singular) refers to one particular method or strand of interpretation.

Philosophical hermeneutics refers primarily to [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]]'s theory of [[knowledge]] as developed in ''Truth and Method'', and sometimes to [[Paul Ricoeur]].[2] A hermeneutic (singular) refers to one particular method or strand of interpretation.

==Traditional Hermeneutics==

==Traditional Hermeneutics==