biblical criticism
use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible
Psychological biblical criticism
re-emerging field within biblical criticism
source criticism
attempt to establish the sources used by the authors and redactors of a biblical text
Biblical commentary
literary work which comments on Bible texts
Evangelical Biblical exegesis
Biblical exegesis based on treating it as the Word of God
The Exodus: sources and parallels
sources and parallels of the Exodus narrative
narrative criticism
method
form criticism
method of biblical criticism
allegorical interpretation
interpretive method (exegesis) which assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense
historical criticism
branch of literary criticism that investigates the origins of ancient text (usually the Bible)
canonical criticism
way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product
tradition history
methodology of biblical criticism that situates a text within a stream of a specific tradition in history and attempts to describe the development of the tradition over the course of time