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form criticism

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form criticism
n.
A method of textual criticism, applied especially to the Bible, for tracing the origin and history of certain passages through systematic study of the writings in terms of conventional literary forms, such as parables, proverbs, and love poems.
form critic n.
form critical adj.


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While Moloney does not reject source criticism, form criticism, redaction criticism, or textual criticism, they are subjected severely to his presentation of Mark's narrative (pp.
The Gospel of Mark: A Commentary by Snyder, Graydon F. / Currents in Theology and Mission
A number of scholars took inquiry further with source criticism, form criticism, and redaction criticism, the kinds of methods often labeled higher criticism.
Repeating history by Bellinger, W.H., Jr. / Baptist History and Heritage
Drawing on the classical studies of Gunkel and Mowinckel, McCann accepts the results of form criticism and the insistence that the psalms had a cultic function, but he is more interested in the final shape of the psalter as a whole (the psalter's integrity in its final canonical shape is a given for McCann) and, further, the theological world view reflected in the psalter.
A Theological Introduction to the Book of Psalms by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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