Biblical criticism is the use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible without appealing to the supernatural. During the eighteenth century...

century Biblical criticism, the term "higher criticism" was commonly used in mainstream scholarship in contrast to "lower criticism" (textual criticism). Historical...

Research, and the Catholic Biblical Association. Biblical criticism is the scholarly "study and investigation of biblical writings that seeks to make...

Source criticism, in biblical criticism, refers to the attempt to establish the sources used by the authors and redactors of a biblical text. It originated...

history and on cultures around the globe. The study of it through biblical criticism has indirectly impacted culture and history as well. The Bible is...

The phrase Biblical exegesis can be used to distinguish studies of the Bible from other critical textual explanations. Textual criticism investigates...

Form criticism as a method of biblical criticism classifies units of scripture by literary pattern and then attempts to trace each type to its period...

Psychological biblical criticism is a re-emerging field within biblical criticism that seeks to examine the psychological dimensions of scripture through...

Canonical criticism, sometimes called canon criticism or the canonical approach, is a way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon...

Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation. It can equate to the dictionary definition...