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higher criticism

noun

Etymology

Calque of German höhere Kritik. Originally in contrast to lower criticism (now dated), i.e. textual criticism, the reconstruction of the text itself.

  1. derived from höhere Kritik

Definitions

  1. Synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as…

    Synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).

The neighborhood

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