Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern

By Gerald L. Bruns

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300063032
• ISBN13: 9780300063035
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"