GAME ON: HISTORICAL CRITICISM

what is historical criticism?

• investigates the origin of text or source in order to understand the word behind the text

• investigate how the history begun and it's writing

• study the origin of the artifacts and the story behind it

• i don't know

what is the primary role of historical criticism?

• discover the text primitive or original historical context and its literal sense

• seeks establish a reconstruction of historical situation of the author and recipients of the text

• used as evidence in history, basic matters about its form and context must be settled

• all of the above

• none of the above

Two types of historical criticism

• external and inside criticism

• inside and paleographic criticism

• external and internal criticism

• paleographic and historiography criticism

This type of criticism looks for the obvious sign of forgery or misrepresentation

• paleographic criticism

• external criticism

• internal criticism

• none of the above

what is anachronism?

• it is something that could been there all the time

• study of interpretation of writings and readings

• out of time or order, something that could not have been there at that particular time

• it is something about the credibility of the source

Second step to test the authenticity

• determining the authenticity is a source is by looking for the anachronistic style

• the anachronistic reference to events

• source is to determine the date of document to see whether it is anachronistic

• determine the author’s handwriting, signature or seal

Fourth step in testing the authenticity

• determining the authenticity is a source is by looking for the anachronistic style

• the anachronistic reference to events

• determine the author’s handwriting, signature or seal

• to determine the date of document to see whether it is anachronistic

what is internal criticism?

• looks for deeper or more intense study of sources

• accuracy of the content of a document

• investigates the content or substance of a document and the author‟s point of view

• all of the above

First step in testing the credibility

• identification of the author

• testing the credibility of the eyewitness is to determine the approximate date.

• the credibility of the source is its ability to tell the truth

• degree of the attention of the eyewitness

Is Historical Criticism important?

• NAHHHH!!

• MAYBE?

• YES

• I DON'T KNOW