textual criticism
noun
textual critic
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a word derived from
textual criticism.
Example Sentences
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Some biblical scholars have concluded from this that Bach acted like an astute textual critic, poring over Calov’s volumes and painstakingly comparing them, line by line, with other Lutheran Bibles.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
The connecting particles are commonly observed; and as the language has both definite and indefinite articles, it may be employed, though with some caution, by the textual critic where other versions fail him.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The rationalists, however, were generally of a nobler sort: Griesbach of Jena, a.d. 1745-1812, distinguished as textual critic of the N.T.;
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
A reader wishing to find any mention of the eminent Dutch textual critic Nicolaus Heinsius could find every mention of Heinsius in the edition simply by using "Heinsius" as a search argument.
From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg
But it is strange that a scholar and textual critic of his eminence and of European reputation should have made comparatively little mark in his native country.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
