| 单词 | historical criticism |
| 释义 | > as lemmashistorical criticism historical criticism n. critical evaluation of historical information or historical texts; an instance of this; spec. analysis of the Bible, or a passage within it, which examines the historical and cultural context in which it was produced; = higher criticism n. at higher adj., adv., and n.1 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] historical criticism1658 literary criticism1751 lit. crit.1963 1658 T. Carwell Labyrinthus Cantuariensis xvi. 200 The Relatour..professes to give an Historical account.., [but] it concerns us not to take further notice of his many Historical Criticismes and meer Conjectures upon this subject. 1769 J. Charles Dispersion Men at Babel (ed. 2) II. xviii. 464 Our Sense of this hitherto unintelligible fifteenth Verse [sc. Revelation xvi. 15]..shows, I think, by a rational historical Criticism, that it is no Insertion. 1877 J. S. Candlish Authority of Script. 4 The ‘lower’ or textual [criticism].., whose function it is to ascertain what is the correct reading..of the sacred writings; and..the ‘higher’ or historical criticism, which aims at an understanding of..their historical connections. 1920 F. Weston Revelation Eternal Love xii. 183 The historical criticism of Shakespeare's plays would be of a very different kind from that possible in the case of other old authors. 2011 V. M. Smiles Bible & Sci. ii. 38 Historical criticism continues to be the backbone of modern biblical studies. < as lemmas |
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