The Higher Criticism

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Excerpt from The Higher Criticism: Or, Modern Critical Theories as to the Origin and Contents of the Literature and Religion Found in the Holy Scriptures, Being a Paper Read Before the Brantford Ministries AllianceTextual Criticism is that branch of the science of Biblical Criticism which undertakes to investigate and settle the exact text of the various writings of which the Holy Scriptures are composed. The exact text sought for is that which was originally written down by the authors of the various books. In seeking to discover this text, the various manuscripts of the Biblical writings are collected and diligently compared. The different readings in these manuscripts are care fully collated, and the date of their production, the kind of letters found in them, and other things, are taken into account for the purpose of getting as nearly as possible at the originaltext of the Old and New Testaments.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.