Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By interpretation or exegesis; according to the established principles of interpretation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb According to the principles of interpretation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
hermeneutical way.
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Examples
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Thus, the speaker is exiled in manifold ways: physically, religiously, and hermeneutically.
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I readily admit that it is not without difficulties hermeneutically, but that is the nature of pesher exegesis.
HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010
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But theologically and hermeneutically I believe he hit the nail on the head and identified the most crucial issue for mediating Christian faith into any new historical epoch.
Archive 2009-06-01 James F. McGrath 2009
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But theologically and hermeneutically I believe he hit the nail on the head and identified the most crucial issue for mediating Christian faith into any new historical epoch.
My Five Books Meme James F. McGrath 2009
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One hundred and one years of their life and work far outweighs the texts which remain chained to the context, and hence, hermeneutically susceptible.
Archive 2009-09-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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One hundred and one years of their life and work far outweighs the texts which remain chained to the context, and hence, hermeneutically susceptible.
Work far outweighs the words Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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The first thing to be kept in mind is that the prefix Er- and construct eignis have an independent status calling for distinct translations of both if the translation is to be hermeneutically responsible to what Heidegger says with Er-eignis.
enowning enowning 2007
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The first thing to be kept in mind is that the prefix Er- and construct eignis have an independent status calling for distinct translations of both if the translation is to be hermeneutically responsible to what Heidegger says with Er-eignis.
Archive 2007-07-01 enowning 2007
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Sometimes a little bit of doubt keeps us more alert, hermeneutically speaking.
Balkinization 2004
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Having a close affinity with the mystical experience, the experience of this integration would force on the language of its description inexpressible nuances, a certain fluidity and elusiveness which, hermeneutically speaking, would remain open to numerous kinds of empathetic comprehension.
Teilhard, Jaspers, Royce, Heidegger and Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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