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noun
Synonym of textual criticism (“scientific reconstruction of original historical texts”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: textual criticism
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noun
the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: textual criticism
History
Calque of German niedere Kritik. In contrast to higher criticism, i.e. historical criticism, the broader interpretation of texts as historical sources, understood as building on the results of “lower criticism”.
