higher criticism

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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higher criticism (uncountable)

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