Starting analysis: source, form and redaction criticism

Question 1

What is source criticism?

Answer 1

The search for the original sources that lie behind an given biblical text

Question 2

What does redaction criticism do?

Answer 2

Sees the author of the text as the editor/redactor of his/her source materials

Question 3

What is form criticism?

Answer 3

Analysis of the bible by tracing the history of its content of parables, psalms and other literary forms

Question 4

What is biblical criticism?

Answer 4

A scholarly study of the bible