The difference of source criticism and textual criticism is that source criticism begins with the hypothesis that the biblical writings as we now have them are a combination of once distinct written documents that were only later brought together. So today source critics try to decipher as much as they can about these original documents [...]

Source criticism is also called higher criticism that attempts to discover the original sources of the Bible. Source Criticism begins with the theory that the biblical writings we have now were once distinct individual documents that were brought together into one. Today, critics try to learn as much as they can about these documents and [...]

Fatina- Thank you so much for your feedback, it definitely helped me and it gave me more ideas on what I should do with my project.
Blemieux- I am very much informed and concerned about world poverty and hunger because it is a very important problem nowadays. I actually have one of my classmates who are [...]

I would like to thank everyone for their comments. They were very beneficial on my part and I really took them into consideration. I worked really hard on the video and it was a lot of fun to do. I really hope everyone enjoys the video and I hope that the purpose of my video [...]

Responses:
Andrew - I’m glad that you and I are tackling a similar problem and hopefully through both of our hard efforts we can accomplish great things. Thank you very much for the suggestions about getting the word out. You are right that I have not had time to make a video. I’m swamped in school [...]

The comments that people left in regards to my theology project were very encouraging and made me realize that there are others who care about issues that need to be improved within our world. Thank you to: mwallace1, kateyjames, jivory1, leedatboy, nia, jle3, aminias, and missnay1. I realize that this project is something this is [...]

Jivory1, thanks for the positive feedback. I really appreciate it. I definitely agree with you that world hunger is a huge problem and that is why I have chosen this project. If more people contribute to the problem of world hunger, the less of a problem it will be.
Mdeloach7, the project is going pretty [...]

Respond to comments on your project. What is the difference between source and textual criticism? Summarize Tobit, and what is the main lesson of this story? Why do some people consider the Maccabees to be heroic.
I want to thank everyone who took the time to comment on my project. It means a lot to me [...]

As people comment I will continue to post their names so that they can receive the proper recgonition. The individuals who commented on my blog 10 and I responded to include:
1.  yesha                                                                     6. jivory
2. missnay1                                                              7. jle3
3. nuwaezo                                                                8. leedatboy
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There are many methods of analyzing biblical text. Source criticism involves identifying the sources that an [...]

Week 11- Blog

Today is Monday, April 13, 2009, to date no one has commented on my project. I will revisit this blog at a later date when I can respond to the comments.
April 21, 2009:

Thank you Mildred for commenting on my project. I am glad that you noticed that [...]

Respond to comments on your project. What is the difference between source and textual criticism? Summarize Tobit, and what is the main lesson of this story? Why do some people consider the Maccabees to be heroic.
 
I have not received any comments on my Week 9 Blog, but I will respond to the new comments that [...]

     I would like to thank those who made time to comment the efforts made on my implenting my project. First, I would like to thank Leander for the support and sympathy for me not being able to produce a video on Youtube. Hopefully, my flyers will work out just fine and everyone can take [...]

I really appreciate all of the people who took the time out to read my project. Here are my responses below:
 
Missnay1-  I definitely agree with you that this project has the ability to spread all over the state. It is really such a simple idea and I hope that it catches on. 
 
volleyball1689- Yes I [...]

I would like to say thank you for everyone who has taken the time to comment on my blogs.  I hope everyone has read my project, and I hope all of my classmates got a good insight as to how my project is coming along.  I would like to acknowledge the people who have taken [...]

Source criticism, also known as literary criticism,  is something that is used to identify the different sources used when a particular book was written. The closer the source is to the event it is describing the more likely it is to be accurate. Textual criticism deals with the identification of text and different manuscript errors.
The story [...]

Source criticism is a technique used to identify what sources were used to in the formation of a particular book. The belief is the closer the source is to the event it is trying to describe, the more one can trust it. Source criticism is also referred to as literary criticism. Textual criticism is literary [...]

4/18/09. So far I haven’t had any comments on my week 9 yet, but once I get some comments I will definitely respond. 4/22/09. i have had only Three comments on my week nine. I’ve responded to them and now i am just waiting for more to come.
The story Tobit, is about an Israelite named [...]

Week 11- Blog

Today is Monday, April 13, 2009, to date no one has commented on my project. I will revisit this blog at a later date when I can respond to the comments.

Tobit is the story about a man named Tobit and a woman named Sarah. One day, while on the job Tobit falls asleep under a tree and birds poop in his eyes, blinding him. At that moment he wants to die. At the same time a woman named Sarah from Media asks to die [...]

week 11
textual critism and souce critisim do not really that big of a gap. textual criticism is the idea that deals with the interpertation of anicient text and manuiscripts to try and bringthem as close back to the original meaning as they can be. Shorter and harder to read [...]