THEO 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Form Criticism, Textual Criticism, Historical Criticism
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Analysis of the physical texts we have it: Comparing different (ancient) copies of the bible to determine the most original text. Scholars try to find and correct scribal errors. Remember, for over 15 centuries the bible was copied by hand. Analysis of the possible sources a biblical author used and incorporated in his/her composition. Analysis of how the author redacted (edited) her/his sources. Analysis of how the sources were passed on in their written form. Analysis of the form or genre of the sources in their oral form. Analysis of the written text for oral techniques and forms. Remember, the bible was composed in a primarily oral society and likely composed orally. Is the bible literature (a written composition) or. Also in studying the historical context all the disciplines used by historians are used. Testament: before then there different texts were held to be scripture by different groups, jewish bible represents the viewpoint of a particular type of judaism= rabbinic.
