textual criticism

Noun

Meaning

textual criticism (countable and uncountable, plural textual criticisms)

A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

philology masoretic literary criticism

Hypernyms

criticism literary criticism

Hyponyms

masora

Related terms

text-critical

Examples

Epist. ad Paulam, NPNF, vi. 46 These fall into four classes: textual criticism ; exegesis; systematic, practical, and apologetic theology; and letters ; besides certain spurious works. Source: Internet

As the same text often existed in several different versions, comparative textual criticism was crucial for ensuring their veracity. Source: Internet

Advances in the field of New Testament textual criticism led to the publication of a Second Edition of the Revised Standard Version New Testament in 1971. Source: Internet

His primary areas of research and writing include biblical text, New Testament textual criticism, and Syriac Patristics. Source: Internet

A similar type of textual criticism is applied to other ancient texts. Source: Internet

During this period, modern textual criticism was born. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

textshop textspeak textual textual engineering textual evidence textual harassment