The phrase "authority of the text" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about literature, legal documents, or any context where the credibility or legitimacy of a written work is being evaluated.
Example: "The authority of the text is crucial in determining its reliability as a historical source."
Alternatives: "credibility of the text" or "validity of the text".
Of these, the theory advanced by Vasumitra, a 1st 2nd-century-ce Sarvastivadin, viz., that temporal predicates are determined by the function of a dharma, is accepted by the Vaibhashikas—i.e., those among the Sarvastivadins who follow the authority of the texts known as the Vibhasha.
The participants knew the content of relevant criteria and they accepted the authority of the legal text.
Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield.
For the more advanced student, Rashi composed a succinct commentary on the Talmud that achieved an authority approaching that of the text itself.
L. 90 618 made minor changes in phraseology, subjected ammunition to the authority of the Secretary in text preceding par.
In the case heard Monday in Washington, the plaintiffs argue that the IRS exceeded its legal authority because the text of the law calls for subsidies to be provided only "through an exchange established by the state".
Had the authors offered an introductory overview of the place of their documentation in the larger picture, the authority of their text would have seemed a good deal more compelling.
Any sense of theatrical heroism, or of authority, including the authority of a text, is ideologically questionable.
We recognize the authority of a text (or a work of art) by engaging with it in textual explication and interpretation, by entering into a dialogical relationship with the past.
Because the authority of the teacher rested in the text rather than in the church, members of the community came to know certain general truths about texts and about writing: that they could be read, understood, studied, consulted; that they were more reliable than hearsay; that they were permanent; and that they possessed authority.
