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Higher criticism   /hˈaɪər krˈɪtɪsˌɪzəm/   Listen
Higher criticism

noun
1.
The scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning.






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"Higher criticism" Quotes from Famous Books



... was Chuki Tominaga (1744), of whose life little is known. He is said to have been a nameless merchant at Osaka. His Shutsu-jo-ko-go is the first great work of higher criticism ...
— The Religion of the Samurai • Kaiten Nukariya

... of these superscriptions is hotly debated. The balance of modern opinion is decidedly against their genuineness. As in greater matters, so here "the higher criticism" comes to the consideration of their claims with a prejudice against them, and on very arbitrary grounds determines for itself, quite irrespective of these ancient voices, the date and authorship of the psalms. The extreme ...
— The Life of David - As Reflected in His Psalms • Alexander Maclaren

... enable us to apprehend it as we study. It is a common mistake, but a most palpable mistake, to try to comprehend a spiritual revelation with the natural understanding. It is the foolish attempt to do this that has landed so many in the bog of so-called "Higher Criticism." In order to understand art a man must have aesthetic sense as well as the knowledge of colours and of paint, and a man to understand a spiritual revelation must be taught of the Spirit. A mere knowledge of the languages ...
— The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit • R. A. Torrey



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