higher criticism in English

noun
1
the study of the literary methods and sources discernible in a text, especially as applied to biblical writings.
With liberal theology, the postliberal school takes for granted that the Bible is not infallible and that biblical higher criticism is fully legitimate and necessary.

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1. This thinking is a product of higher criticism.

2. How does modern higher criticism stand up in the light of archaeology?

3. 13 In view of its weakness, why is higher criticism so popular among intellectuals today?

4. A spiritual crisis was brought about because many of their clergy became easy prey to higher criticism and evolution.

5. In the world today, atheism, agnosticism, evolution theories, and higher criticism of the Bible are examples of falsely called knowledge, as are the unscriptural ideas promoted by modern apostates.