lower criticism

1. 1.

   the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text

   Broadertextual criticism

Questions about lower criticism

What does lower criticism mean?

lower criticism means "the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text".

Is lower criticism a common word?

lower criticism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.