Usually means: Analysis of historical texts' origins.
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  1. historical criticism: Merriam-Webster
  2. historical criticism: Dictionary.com
  3. Historical criticism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. historical criticism: FreeDictionary.org
  5. historical criticism: Wiktionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Criticism, Historical, Historical Criticism: Catholic Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (historical criticism)

noun:  The systematic study of received texts, especially the Bible, as documents composed in a particular historical context with varying reliability as sources.
noun:  (archaic) The systematic, reasoned study of history and critique of received historical traditions in general.

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