Source Criticism Defined - 2 views

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  #1 Angie Steinhauer on 14 Mar 10

   

  Source Criticism is the tool used to identify the original document that a biblical author utilized when they wrote a book for the Bible. This process identifies 4 major sources (credited to Julius Wellhausen) that were believed to be used in the Old Testament: the Yahwish (J), the Elohist (E), the Deuteronomist (D) and the Priestly (P). By identifying the source of a text, one may draw on other information in that text to assist in the compression of the text that is being studied. Some of these references are explicit: Jesus referring back to an event or quoting the Hebrew Bible. Some are direct copying: Mathew appears to use the same words that are found in Mark. Some are implied. The activity of using criteria to find the presence of the main criteria that an author uses is called source criticism. This method appears to be most utilized when discussing the "Synoptic Problem". Some authors that utilize this tool include Jesuit Father Dennis J. McCarthy, Norman Perrin, and Richard Elliott Friedman.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Source Criticism is the tool used to identify the original document that a biblical author utilized when they wrote a book for the Bible. This process identifies 4 major sources (credited to Julius Wellhausen) that were believed to be used in the Old Testament: the Yahwish (J), the Elohist (E), the Deuteronomist (D) and the Priestly (P). By identifying the source of a text, one may draw on other information in that text to assist in the compression of the text that is being studied. Some of these references are explicit: Jesus referring back to an event or quoting the Hebrew Bible. Some are direct copying: Mathew appears to use the same words that are found in Mark. Some are implied. The activity of using criteria to find the presence of the main criteria that an author uses is called source criticism. This method appears to be most utilized when discussing the "Synoptic Problem". Some authors that utilize this tool include Jesuit Father Dennis J. McCarthy, Norman Perrin, and Richard Elliott Friedman.</div>

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