#Circularity

The hermeneutical circle is an intellectual rollercoaster in which one’s assumptions trap one into reinterpreting the text to justify those very assumptions. The more you try to escape your preconceptions, the deeper you fall into them. Is it scholarly pursuit or self‐inflicted reading masochism? No one can say for sure. Few master it, many revel in the wordplay. Example: He chased the accurate meaning of the historical text, only to find himself imprisoned by his own interpretive premises.