ABSTRACT
The hermeneutical canon of totality is nowadays applied in the legal sphere in the interpretation of explanations and modes of conduct as well as legal norms, and other legal directives and maxims of judgment. The misunderstanding mentioned has been brought to light and partially resolved by some corrections Professor Ebeling has made recently to the current views about hermeneutics. In order to distinguish between general and specific-theological hermeneutics, he proceeds from Bultmann's point that the different 'upon-which' of the inquiry necessitates a specifically theological form of questioning. That questioning leads, owing to its particular structures and criteria, to an exegetic and dogmatic understanding of the text. A common hermeneutical problematic, which takes different form in different areas comes into sight in the field of the Geisteswissenschaften.
