He's an easy target and they all laid into him with predictable criticism for being out of touch and old fashioned. |
Instead, academia sometimes draws criticism for apparently doing research for its own sake. |
The reality was that he was a vile child abuser who deserved whatever criticism he got. |
However, in the textual criticism of the books of Scripture this is problematic in several ways. |
Another criticism is that they sentimentalise the past or make it antiquarian by abnegating the context and concentrating on the artefacts. |
In the last 12-18 months I've seen the criticism applied to Wellywood for the same reasons. |