textual criticism
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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.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2018
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.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2017
Marcion's version of the scriptural canon was rejected by the church, but he nonetheless deserves to be remembered as the founder of New Testament textual criticism.
From Time Magazine Archive
They concede the need for textual criticism, admit that many passages must be interpreted symbolically rather than literally.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, afterwards had a congregation, and had continued his connection with the English Church after he was led, by textual criticism, to adopt Unitarian opinions.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
