From LoveToKnow 1911
HERMENEUTICS (Gr. 4p,unvEvnCKi 7, sc. 'r xv77, Lat. ars hermeneutica, from 4pµr7veixty, to interpret, from Hermes, the messenger of the gods), the science or art of interpretation or explanation, especially of the Holy Scriptures (see Theology).
