page_title: Canonical criticism
hierarchical_section_title: Canonical criticism
caption_attribution_description: w:Leningrad Codex text sample. A very old manuscript of the hebrew bible. A former possession of karaït jews. They claim his author was karait, a position refused by rabbanite jews.
context_page_description: Canonical criticism, sometimes called canon criticism or the canonical approach, is a way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product. Brevard Childs popularised this approach, though he personally rejected the term.
  Whereas other types of biblical criticism focus on the origins, structure and history of texts, canonical criticism looks at the meaning which the overall text -in its final form - has for the community which uses it.
context_section_description: Canonical criticism, sometimes called canon criticism or the canonical approach, is a way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product. Brevard Childs (1923-2007) popularised this approach, though he personally rejected the term.
  Whereas other types of biblical criticism focus on the origins, structure and history of texts, canonical criticism looks at the  meaning which the overall text  -in its final form - has for the community which uses it.
caption: A portion of the Leningrad Codex. Although the Hebrew Bible is the result of a  developmental process, canonical criticism focuses on the final form of the text.
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