Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
I didn't know that...
the word hermeneutic is derived from the Greek god Hermes, the messenger/interpreter of the gods. At least, that is what Gorman in The Elements of Biblical Exegesis says on page 140...
It must be true, I found the same origin on dictionary.com. ;)
Origin: 1800–10; < Gk hermēneutikós of, skilled in, interpreting, equiv. to hermēneú(ein) to make clear, interpret (deriv. of hermēneús an interpreter, itself deriv. of Hermês Hermes ) + -tikos -tic
It must be true, I found the same origin on dictionary.com. ;)
ReplyDeleteOrigin: 1800–10; < Gk hermēneutikós of, skilled in, interpreting, equiv. to hermēneú(ein) to make clear, interpret (deriv. of hermēneús an interpreter, itself deriv. of Hermês Hermes ) + -tikos -tic
hermeneutic. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved December 30, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hermeneutic