higher criticism

He was noted for his opposition to theological liberalism and higher criticism.

But when Higher Criticism did arrive, it arrived in force.

Modern higher criticism is just beginning for the Qur'an.

He is the supreme problem in higher criticism.

Linus replied, "It sounds like you are a victim of higher criticism!"

More serious still were the questions raised by the emergence of what would later be termed 'higher criticism'.

Higher criticism: the study of the sources and literary methods employed by the biblical authors.

Various methods of higher criticism sought to understand the Bible purely as a human, historical document.

These professors were committed to a historical critical approach to the bible (commonly known as higher criticism).

He also wrote three books on the higher criticism of Sherlock Holmes.

I shall always associate the scent of yellow lupin with the higher criticism.

But for the traditionalists, "Higher Criticism" was a scare term.

"But you haven't been to London yet," came the higher criticism from Judy.

Throughout his career, he opposed the higher criticism, which held that the Bible was inaccurate on many points and not historically reliable.

But the higher criticism teaches us better.

The higher criticism was not even attempted by Ernesti.

It forms one of the codices for textual criticism on which the Higher criticism is based.

There is further information on these topics in the entries on higher criticism and apocalyptic literature.

Rushdie advocates the application of higher criticism, pioneered during the late 19th century.

He was a diligent student of Hebrew, and took an interest in the controversies raised by the Higher criticism.

See the entries on Biblical Higher criticism and the Documentary hypothesis.

The Higher Criticism could no longer be discussed rationally, since it evoked fundamental fears.

Vatican II further supported higher criticism, which, Brown felt, vindicated his approach.

However, it was not until the years after 1880 that Higher Criticism really had any advocates within American seminaries.

"Do any monkeying with this higher criticism?"