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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 Words From

  • 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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Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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