Historical Criticism

• Historical Criticism is also known as the historical-critical method
• Historical criticism is a branch of criticism that investigates the origin of text or source in order to understand the word behind the text.
• external criticism investigates the documents form
• internal criticism investigates the content of the documents
• This type of criticism looks for the obvious sign of forgery or misrepresentation (External Criticism)
• This type of criticism looks for deeper or more intense study of sources (Internal Criticism)