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Higher criticism
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What's The Definition Of Higher criticism?
[n] the scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning
Synonyms | Synonyms for Higher criticism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Higher criticism: See Also | textual criticism Higher criticism In Webster's Dictionary \High"er crit"i*cism\
Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary
character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the
higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also {historical
criticism}.
The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . .
introduces us to a series of questions affecting the
composition, the editing, and the collection of the
sacred books. This class of questions forms the special
subject of the branch of critical science which is
usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the
text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism.
--W. Robertson
Smith.
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