historical criticism

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandcriticism

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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criticism
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
the act of saying that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandcriticismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Applying a newhistoricalcriticism, he showed that biblical teaching and law were irrelevant for a modern pluralistic state and its intellectual life.
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In the minds of its proponents,historicalcriticismwas able to recover true history from ancient texts by separating their distinct sources.
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On the other hand, the models available forhistoricalcriticismreduced literature to the role of passive conveyor of a single dominant meaning.
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Behr is well aware, however, how problematic the concept of orthodoxy is in the light ofhistoricalcriticism.
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Alas, this type ofhistoricalcriticismdoes no more than re-invent the wheel.
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Macaulay's boast of consuming proverbially ponderous theological works as he took off his trousers was one way of registering his suspicion of the novelty ofhistoricalcriticism.
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He usedhistoricalcriticismmethod in his theological research.
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He suggested, though he did not elaborate, the theory of the myth, so potent an instrument for good and ill in modernhistoricalcriticism.
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These questions are generally the subject of scrutiny under well-known canons ofhistoricalcriticism.
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A division is still sometimes made betweenhistoricalcriticismand literary criticism.
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Originally somewhat conservative, the church turned gradually more liberal afterhistoricalcriticismhad been introduced at its seminary.
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Historicalcriticismbegan in the 17th century and gained popular recognition in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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There was one great defect in his speculative theology: he ignoredhistoricalcriticism.
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Where historical investigation was unavailable,historicalcriticismrested on philosophical and theological interpretation.
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The primary goal ofhistoricalcriticismis to ascertain the text's primitive or original meaning in its original historical context and its literal sense or "sensus literalis historicus".
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Wallis early developed a taste for literature and contributed to periodicals many articles of literary andhistoricalcriticism, also occasional verses.
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The most common division in the field of criticism is betweenhistoricalcriticismand evaluation, a form of art history, and contemporary criticism of work by living artists.
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