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High´er crit´i`cism
1.
Criticism
which
includes
the
study
of
the
contents
,
literary
character
,
date
,
authorship
,
etc
.,
of
any
writing
;
as
,
the
higher
criticism
of
the
Pentateuch
.
Called
also
historical
criticism
.
The
comparison
of
the
Hebrew
and
Greek
texts
. . .
introduces
us
to
a
series
of
questions
affecting
the
composition
,
the
editing
,
and
the
collection
of
the
sacred
books
.
This
class
of
questions
forms
the
special
subject
of
the
branch
of
critical
science
which
is
usually
distinguished
from
the
verbal
criticism
of
the
text
by
the
name
of
higher
,
or
historical
,
criticism
.
- W. Robertson Smith.
Noun
1.
higher criticism
-
the
scientific
study
of
biblical
writings
to
determine
their
origin
and
meaning
textual
criticism
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