canonical criticism
Canonical criticism is the art of dragging holy scriptures from dusty shelves and dissecting the layers of tradition down to their marrow. Stories meant to nourish faith are reconstructed as scribal blunders and power plays. Why, the devout believer never doubts that their version of the text is the "true" one, but canonical criticism shatters that illusion without mercy. Decades of revered authority can collapse over a single miscopy. The scholar peers beneath the mask of sanctity to survey the swirling human desires and biases.