lower criticism

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of textual criticism (“scientific reconstruction of original historical texts”). dated,uncountable
    — Nor should it be forgotten in this connection that the conclusions of the Lower Criticism respecting the text were at first as vehemently assailed as are those of the Higher Criticism respecting the contents of Scripture, and from similar premises.

词源

Calque of German niedere Kritik. In contrast to higher criticism, i.e. historical criticism, the broader interpretation of texts as historical sources, understood as building on the results of “lower criticism”.
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