The phrase "a study of the text" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an analysis or examination of a specific piece of writing or literature.
Example: "The professor assigned a study of the text to help students understand the underlying themes and motifs."
Alternatives: "an analysis of the text" or "an examination of the text".
It is, in fact, difficult to draw any conclusions at all, but a study of the text will enable the reader to find out this much.
A study of the text of Taverner's motet Christe Jesu pastor bone (Jesus Christ, Good Shepherd) shows that it must have been intended first as a votive antiphon for St. William of York, then as a paraliturgical prayer for Cardinal Wolsey (Taverner being at one time organist and master of the choristers at Cardinal's College, now Christ Church, at Oxford), and finally as a prayer for Henry VIII.
A study of the cuneiform texts from Bronze Age Alalah that record the purchase or exchange of entire settlements.
It will then then address the question of the origins of writing and of written literature in Gandhara by a close examination of the manuscript formats and scribal habits of the Gandhari manuscripts, combined with a study of the stylistic features of those texts that were composed in Gandhara.
The present study investigates citation practices by authors of journal articles and includes a study of the potential incorporation of full-text and full-image resources into published work in eight social science disciplines.
Because he's a social liberal, Cory Booker, the Newark mayor, is seldom mentioned in terms of religion, but it turns out that he's made a study of the Bible, as well as other sacred texts, and given considerable thought to faith.
Liang rejected the arguments of both of the above groups because their interpretations were based on the subjective opinions of the essayists rather than an objective study of the text.
He then, it would seem, returned to England, where, under the influence of Adam Marsh, friend of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, he was attracted to interests associated with both scholars: language study including the learning of ancient languages, experimental concerns such as optics and experimental science, and a renewed critical study of the text of Scripture.
These conclusions, Dr. Brownlee adds, "aroused much opposition, partly inspired by the fear that the uniqueness of Christ was at stake, but securely grounded upon a careful study of the texts adduced by Dupont-Sommer himself and proving the tenuousness (if not impossibility) of the constructions that he had placed upon them".
In The Isolated Self, K. Brian Soderquist restores this important work to its proper place, offering a rare full-length study of the text that shows how and why Kierkegaard would return to the ideas he developed there throughout his entire career.
The unpublished play, Mr. Isaac says in an interesting director's note, had been tagged with a 1968 date and dismissed as a late-career failure, but his study of the text has led him to conclude that it was actually begun at the very start of Williams's career, in the 1930's, then finished decades later.
