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lower criticism

American  
[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

noun

  1. a form of Biblical criticism having as its purpose the reconstruction of the original texts of the books of the Bible.

lower criticism British  

noun

  1. textual criticism, esp the study of the extant manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to establish the original text Compare higher criticism

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Etymology

Origin of lower criticism

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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All that lower criticism can do is to point out such a probability.

From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd

This view might be accepted were the problem one of the "lower criticism".

From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)

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