HIGHER CRITICISM Definition & Meaning

higher criticism

noun

the study of the Bible having as its object the establishment of such facts as authorship and date of composition, as well as determination of a basis for exegesis.

higher criticism

noun

the use of scientific techniques of literary criticism to establish the sources of the books of the Bible Compare lower criticism

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Origin of higher criticism¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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But that changed in a series of cultural tidal waves — the Darwinist account of human origins, the application of higher criticism to the text of the Bible, the sexual revolution — which swept away old certainties.

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I suppose that even Turner will presently begin to wane before "the higher criticism."

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The manuscripts and early translations carry us back to a time when neither ending was known; though only to leave us wondering how the necessity arose for composing them—a question of the higher criticism.

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The ‘higher criticism’ has been a dubious ally of Biblical Christianity.

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He supplied guidance when it was much 863 needed as to the methods and results of the higher criticism.

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