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textual criticism

textual criticism

noun

  1. the scholarly study of manuscripts, esp of the Bible, in an effort to establish the original text
  2. literary criticism emphasizing a close analysis of the text
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • textual critic, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • textual critic noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of textual criticism1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Try to imagine this today: For almost a year, textual criticism was happening, and red-hot copies of The New York Review of Books flew off the newsstands.

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Which is a lot to ask of a book and more to ask of a play, as textual criticism tends to offer limited catharsis and thrills.

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Modern science and historical and textual criticism pose many of the questions for traditional Islamic piety that 19th-century science and biblical criticism posed for Christianity.

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The longer and shorter supplements to Mark belong again to the field of textual criticism.

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As far as textual criticism is concerned, the quotations of the Fathers are fitful and uncertain.

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