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Terminology: Lower Criticism

By Satya Maharzan · February 15, 2011 · General

Terminology: Lower Criticism

It is also known as “textual criticism.” It is a discipline of science for sorting and comparing the existing original manuscripts of an ancient document and reconstructing the text of the original as accurately as possible.

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