Assertion: literary criticism | /r/CapableOf | move biblical studies
Facets:
value: in a new direction
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by focusing on the text
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This begins from the position that scripture contains within it what is needed to understand it, rather than being understandable only as the product of a historically determined process.:7–11 Canonical criticism helped literary criticism move biblical studies in a new direction by focusing on the text rather than the author.