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Biblical StudiesBiblical studies is the academic study of the Christian and Jewish Scriptures. Biblical studies is a branch of theology, but also draws on the disciplines of history, literary criticism, and philology. In the Jewish tradition, Biblical Studies can also include the study of the traditional Midrashic commentators. In Christianity, the theological interpretation of Biblical passages is called exegesis. Other branches of Bible study aim instead at elucidating the provenance, authorship, and chronological order of Biblical texts. This is a branch of philology more than theology, and sometimes comes into conflict with theology. "Higher criticism" and its findings, including the well known documentary hypothesis which suggests that the Torah was compiled from the writings of several different hands, and the work of the Jesus Seminar, which attempted to cull "inauthentic" sayings of Jesus from the "authentic" ones contained in the Gospels, are examples of Biblical studies whose results have been particularly controversial in theology. See Bible Study for the activity in which Christians read and reflect on the Bible individually or, including discussion, in small groups or base communities. see related Biblical Studies
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