The analysis and study of the sources used by biblical authors.
经文原始文献考证，寻源考证（对圣经作者运用原始文献的考证分析与研究）
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Since the nineteenth century, biblical criticism has been dominated by source criticism, and the Book of Leviticus is no exception.
I learned about Pentateuchal source criticism, and the ‘synoptic problem.’
In principle, I don't deny Pentateuchal source criticism, or the value of it.
Using the techniques of source criticism and form criticism, historical-critical scholarship analyzed biblical pericopes and looked through them to reconstruct the history of the traditions that lay behind the canonical documents.
It would be helpful, perhaps in a future article, to look at issues such as textual and source criticism from a traditional perspective.
Definition of source criticism in US English:
source criticism
noun
The analysis and study of the sources used by biblical authors.
经文原始文献考证，寻源考证（对圣经作者运用原始文献的考证分析与研究）
Example sentencesExamples
Using the techniques of source criticism and form criticism, historical-critical scholarship analyzed biblical pericopes and looked through them to reconstruct the history of the traditions that lay behind the canonical documents.
It would be helpful, perhaps in a future article, to look at issues such as textual and source criticism from a traditional perspective.
I learned about Pentateuchal source criticism, and the ‘synoptic problem.’
In principle, I don't deny Pentateuchal source criticism, or the value of it.
Since the nineteenth century, biblical criticism has been dominated by source criticism, and the Book of Leviticus is no exception.