Open AccessHistoriese kritiek en die ou testament
Author(s) -
H.F. Van Rooy
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
koers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2304-8557
pISSN - 0023-270X
DOI - 10.4102/koers.v46i2.1088
Subject(s) - redaction , exegesis , criticism , literature , section (typography) , philosophy , historical criticism , textual criticism , history , period (music) , literary criticism , classics , art , aesthetics , literary science , computer science , operating system
The issue surrounding the value o f the various historicocritical methods of exegesis is dealt with in this article. The various methods (Form criticism, Lite rary criticism, History o f transmission, Redaction history and Tradition history) are explicated and discussed Literary criticism deals with the written sources used for the compilation o f a work. Form criticism is coricemed with the form in which statements have been poured. History o f transmission (Uberleferungsgeschichte) looks at the transmission o f a certain section, also within the con text o f the period in which it was written down. Tradition history looks at the development and the run of specific traditions, such as the exodus from Egypt. Redaction history is concerned with the redaction or editing of a work, until it assumes its final shape