higher criticism
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of German höhere Kritik. Originally in contrast to lower criticism (now dated), i.e. textual criticism, the reconstruction of the text itself.
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