English Explanatory Dictionary

historical criticism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The systematic study of received texts, especially the Bible, as documents composed in a particular historical context with varying reliability as sources.
  2. The systematic, reasoned study of history and critique of received historical traditions in general.

Word forms

historical criticism historic criticism

Synonyms

higher criticism

Related words

form criticism hermeneutics literary criticism source criticism textual criticism

Derived words

historical-critical
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