NOUN | communication | textual criticism | comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity |
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Meaning | Comparison of a particular text with related materials in order to establish authenticity. | |
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Narrower | Masorah, Masora | A vast body of textual criticism of the Hebrew Scriptures including notes on features of writing and on the occurrence of certain words and on variant sources and instructions for pronunciation and other comments that were written between AD 600 and 900 by Jewish scribes in the margins or at the end of texts |
higher criticism | The scientific study of biblical writings to determine their origin and meaning / meaning | |
lower criticism | The study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text | |
Broader | criticism, literary criticism | A written evaluation of a work of literature |
Spanish | crítica textual | |
Catalan | crítica textual |
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