Why Hermeneutics Needs Hermes: Reuniting the Chards of Babel
Bodiless words don't make sense
The word hermeneutics comes from the ancient Greek verb ἑρμηνεύειν (hermēneuein) — “to interpret, explain, translate”—which is etymologically and conceptually related to Hermes. True hermeneutics comes from Hermes.
The ancients believed that the messages of the gods were too cryptic for humans to grasp without an interpreter. Hermes—Mercury i…
