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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGHER CRITICISM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGHER CRITICISM

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Higher criticism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HIGHER CRITICISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

higher criticism

Historical criticism

In 18th century Biblical criticism, the term higher criticism was commonly used in mainstream scholarship in contrast with lower criticism. In the 21st century, historical criticism is the more commonly used term for higher criticism, while textual criticism is more common than the loose expression lower criticism. Historical criticism began in the 17th century and gained popular recognition in the 19th and 20th centuries. The perspective of the early historical critic was rooted in Protestant reformation ideology, in as much as their approach to biblical studies were free from the influence of traditional interpretation. Where historical investigation was unavailable, historical criticism rested on philosophical and theological interpretation. With each passing century, historical criticism became refined into various methodologies used today: source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, tradition criticism, canonical criticism, and related methodologies.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGHER CRITICISM

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higher education
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Higher Grade
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Higher National Certificate
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Higher Still
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highest common factor

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGHER CRITICISM

aestheticism
agnosticism
athleticism
Catholicism
criticism
cynicism
eclecticism
eroticism
exoticism
fanaticism
historicism
literary criticism
mysticism
neoclassicism
neuroticism
racism
romanticism
scepticism
scholasticism
self-criticism
skepticism

Synonyms and antonyms of higher criticism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «higher criticism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGHER CRITICISM

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Translator English - Chinese

高级评
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la alta crítica
570 millions of speakers

English

higher criticism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च आलोचना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النقد العالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высшая критика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alta crítica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ সমালোচনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haute critique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kritikan yang lebih tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

höhere Kritik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高等批評
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 비판
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kritik sing luwih dhuwur
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phê bình cao hơn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிக விமர்சனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च टीका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Daha yüksek eleştiri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

critica superiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyższa krytyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вища критика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

critică mai mare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

έντονης κριτικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoër kritiek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

högre kritik
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

høyere kritikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of higher criticism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGHER CRITICISM»

The term «higher criticism» is normally little used and occupies the 123.305 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGHER CRITICISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about higher criticism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGHER CRITICISM»

Discover the use of higher criticism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to higher criticism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Failure of the Higher Criticism of the Bible
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Emil Reich, 2009
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The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
William Henry Green, 2009
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Between Faith and Criticism: Evangelicals, Scholarship, and ...
Reeve, "My Personal Experience with the Higher Criticism," 349. 16. George L. Robinson, "One Isaiah," 349; Joseph D. Wilson, "The Book of Daniel," 259; Dyson Hague, "The Doctrinal Value of the First Chapter of Genesis," 275. Similar views ...
Mark A. Noll, 2004
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The Book of God in the Light of the Higher Criticism
George William Foote. "a heavy burden" should not be laid on "sensitive consciences," and that men should not be asked "to accept as matter of revelation what seems to them an improbable literary theory." But this again is a personal appeal.
George William Foote
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Inerrancy
THE HEART of today's trend among some conservative Christians to give up belief in the full, inerrant authority of Scripture lies negative higher criticism.1 Christ's followers need the Bible, and they know it; they do not want to lose its infallible ...
Norman L. Geisler, 1980
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The Historical Critical Method in Catholic Exegesis
The first terms used to describe the methodology were lower criticism and higher criticism. Lower criticism was the term used for textual criticism. Higher criticism was the term used for source criticism. The distinction was based on the fact that  ...
Joseph G. Prior, 1999
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The Edited Bible: The Curious History of the "editor" in ...
Eichhorn's method was to apply the principles of “higher criticism” to the study of the Old Testament. By “higher criticism” he meant the philological method, practiced in classical studies, that he had learned from Heyne.20 19. For details on ...
John Van Seters, 2006
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Shailer Mathews's Lives of Jesus: The Search for a ...
sis— an approach in keeping with that of Harper, who found himself simultaneously intellectually drawn to higher criticism in the 1880s and emotionally repulsed by it, and whose writings on the topic employed a rhetorical conservatism ...
William D. Lindsey, 1997
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Church History in Plain Language: Updated 2nd Edition
... scientific reasons for his conclusions rather than to accept the dogmas of the church. Biblical criticism came to be expressed in two forms, what is sometimes called “lower” and “higher” criticism. The lower critic dealt with problems of the text, ...
Bruce Shelley, 1996
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The Need for a Sacred Science
Would a theology inspired by St. Augustine and Origen be insufficient because it does not take into account modern exegesis, by which is usually meant the so- called "higher criticism"? This issue is quite sensitive especially from the Islamic ...
Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGHER CRITICISM»

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FULL TEXT “Cross the Jordan. Don't Retreat”
Cross the Jordan, don't retreat into skepticism, higher criticism, fanaticism or formalism! One of these days very soon, we will look up and see a ... «Adventist News Network, Jul 15»
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THE DEREK MONOLOGUES to Play New York Equity Library …
She consulted on an essay regarding Shakespearean Higher Criticism that would garner Les a scholarship into the University of Colorado's ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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Holy Ignorance
An earlier dismantling of the Bible was called the Higher Criticism. This new approach might be called the Higher Holiness, claiming that the ... «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
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An important new Jewish resource, with something important missing
... denouncing "higher criticism" of the Hebrew Bible as "higher anti-Semitism" that amounts to an intellectual pogrom against the Jewish soul. «GetReligion, Jun 15»
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A Pagan perspective on the Bible
The Orthodox Church has acknowledged since the 4th century that the creation story in Genesis is a metaphor. The Higher Criticism in the 19th ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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Schirrmacher: 'Debating Catholic leaders with a Bible in your hand …
Then Pope Benedict XVI protested against higher criticism and his way of doing exegesis in his Jesus book series has opened the way for ... «Evangelical Focus, Jun 15»
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The Absurdity of “Higher Criticism” of the Gospels…
When I talk here, in this instance, about the “absurdity of 'higher criticism' of the gospels” I am talking about that type of higher criticism ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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The Old Testament and Rationalistic Biblical Criticism by …
It comprises two levels — first, “lower criticism”; second, “higher criticism.” The first concerns itself with philological aspects, the lexicon of the ... «NFTU, May 15»
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Evangelical Oats
Torrey exchanged his taste for higher criticism for a faith in the “plainness” of the Bible, went into the ministry, and devoted himself to reaching ... «Patheos, May 15»
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In Defense of Pamela Geller
The higher criticism of Ms. Geller is that, while her constitutional rights are not in question, her judgment and wisdom are. I happen to think that ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»

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