textualist

textualist — 名詞

1. a person who carefully studies every word and sentence of holy writings such as

1.名詞C2
釋義

經文考究者

仔細研究聖經等經文原文的人

a person who carefully studies every word and sentence of holy writings such as the Bible, paying close attention to small details in order to understand the exact meaning

例句

Stefan is a textualist who compares early Greek copies of the Bible to find the oldest version.

Stefan 是一位經文考究者，他比對早期希臘文聖經抄本，找出最古老的版本。

textualist + who-clause describing speciality

The church hired a textualist named Rania to check whether their new translation matched the original text.

教會聘請了一位名叫 Rania 的經文考究者，請她確認新譯本是否與原文一致。

同義詞
  • text critic

    more technical; focuses on comparing manuscript versions to reconstruct the original wording

  • scripture scholar

    broader; may also study historical context and interpretation, not only exact wording

  • biblical scholar

    specifically refers to the Christian Bible; less common for other religious texts

文法句型

a textualist

the textualist

textualist + who-clause

用法筆記

Countable noun. Often used with a modifier that specifies the tradition being studied (e.g., biblical textualist, Qur'anic textualist). The -ist suffix marks the person who practises this discipline; the field itself is textualism.

常見錯誤

❌He is a textualist, so he reads the Bible quickly.
✅He is a textualist, so he reads each verse of the Bible with great care.
💡textualism is about careful, detailed study, not casual or fast reading.
❌The textualist studies many subjects at the same time.
✅The textualist focuses on the exact words and sentences of a single religious text.
💡a textualist concentrates on the wording of scripture, not general topics.