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lower criticism

[ loh-er ]

noun

  1. a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.

lower criticism

noun

  1. textual criticism, esp the study of the extant manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to establish the original text Compare higher criticism
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lower criticism1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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This view might be accepted were the problem one of the "lower criticism".

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All that lower criticism can do is to point out such a probability.

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