Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
10-1-1968
Document Type
Article
Keywords
biblical hermeneutics, interpretation, existentialist, fuchs, hermeneutics, historical, parable
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
The ancient Greeks called him Hermes. In their view of things he had the job of communicating what the gods on Olympus might want men to know and what human beings, in turn, hoped to bring to the attention of their several divinities. His name therefore went into the making of the word "hermeneutics," which was first used to designate the art of getting one's message across to others and only later began to be applied to the formal study of the rules and principles governing the task of interpretation.
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Matthew 16:15; Matthew 20:1-16; Acts 22:10;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Scharlemann, Martin H.
(1968)
"Hermeneutic(s) ( Reading Programs in Theology),"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 39, Article 61.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol39/iss1/61
