Hermeneutics (disambiguation)

Hermeneneutics may refer to:

• Hermeneutics, a theory of text interpretation
• The hermeneutic circle, the process of understanding a text hermeneutically
• Biblical hermeneutics, the study of the principles of interpretation of the Bible
• Environmental hermeneutics, applies the techniques and resources of hermeneutics to environmental issues
• Philosophical hermeneutics, a theory of knowledge initiated by Martin Heidegger
• Quranic hermeneutics, study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book
• Talmudic hermeneutics, the rules and methods for investigating the meaning of the Jewish scriptures
• Theological hermeneutics, the application of hermeneutics to theological texts
• Vedic hermeneutics (Mīmāṃsā), the exegesis of the Vedas, the earliest holy texts of Hinduism
• Hermeneutic style, an elaborate style of Latin in early medieval Europe

See also

• The double hermeneutic, a theory by Anthony Giddens that lay concepts and those from the social sciences have a two-way relationship
• Hermetic (disambiguation)