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Searching for Meaning introduces readers to the different methods used to interpret the New Testament. Top scholars give a short definition of a particular criticism and then Paula Gooder gives a practical example to demonstrate how that criticism can be applied to a biblical text. A very broad range of methods are introduced, from traditional criticisms such as source criticism and historical...

Source criticism is the attempt to discover the sources used by an author in the construction of a text. Craig A. Evans Source criticism of the Synoptic Gospels has been almost exclusively concerned with the resolution of the Synoptic problem, that is, how to account for the literary relationship that clearly lies behind the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. It can scarcely be doubted that there
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