historical criticism
nounDefinitions
The systematic study of received texts, especially the Bible, as documents composed in a…
The systematic study of received texts, especially the Bible, as documents composed in a particular historical context with varying reliability as sources.
The systematic, reasoned study of history and critique of received historical traditions…
The systematic, reasoned study of history and critique of received historical traditions in general.
- Our genealogical writers have given a fair pedigree of the family of Seton in the fourteenth century. […] This pedigree, however, will not stand the test of historical criticism.
- The points in [Herodotus’] historical criticism of the past, are first his rejection of all extra-natural interference, and secondly, the attributing to these ancient heroes the motives and modes of thought of his own day.
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No curated loop yet for historical criticism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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