Hermeneutics

What is Hermeneutics?
As the time goes by, different ways of seeing or interpreting a text tend to emerge. The question of what is hermeneutics is not a fairly easy question to ask but at the same time is not a new question either. The word text can be very complicated in a way but for this blog lets just assume that the word text means the bible. The word 'hermeneutics' itself however does comes from a Greek word that often can be translated as "interpreter" and the analogy of Hermes often used to described the meaning of the term 'hermeneutics.' But such definition can be expand to some extend depending on yourself as a person.

I am a Tongan whose in the mid 20's studying theology at Auckland Uni. My background as a Tongan can fairly have an affect on my hermeneutics. Two people can watch the same movie but will tend to interpret the same movie both differently. The reason for this is because they are both different in a way, in their background, in their views, and even in the ways they learn. But how does ourself helps us to define the word hermeneutics? How does our history developed more understanding of the word 'hermeneutics' itself?