In what century were Indian writers took a new interest in social questions and psychological descriptions ?
Psychological biblical criticism best serves not as a reductionistic tool ( reducing the person and spirit of a Scriptural author to mere psychology ) , but as another heuristic for use alongside traditional methods of historical and cultural criticism , illuminating aspects of purpose and meaning in the language and cognition of texts ( Kille , 2001 : 22–23 ; 2004 : 23–25 ) .