higher criticism

Noun

Meaning

the scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hermeneutics

Hypernyms

textual criticism

Examples

Hollywood movies of the Fifties, like The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, with their epic clash of pagan and Judeo-Christian cultures, tell more about art and society than the French-infatuated ideologues who have made a travesty of the "best” American higher criticism. Camille Paglia

His venture into higher criticism led him to regard the Pentateuch as reflecting power struggles between the Pharisees on one hand, and the Saducees who had their own pre- Mishnaic Halakha. Source: Internet

Haredi Judaism thus views higher criticism of the Talmud as inappropriate, and almost certainly heretical. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

higher committee higher consciousness higher court higher degree higher degree of autonomy higher degree of freedom