Soulen & Soulen 2001, p. 187: "Tendenz Criticism (Ger: Tendenzkritik) refers to the analysis of the intention of an author or, more pointedly, to the particular bias with which the author treats his subject matter." - Soulen, Richard N.; Soulen, R. Kendall (2001). Handbook of Biblical Criticism (3rd ed., rev. and expanded ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-22314-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ooGh9TTe0jUC
Speake & LaFlaur 1999. - Speake, Jennifer; LaFlaur, Mark, eds. (1999). "tendenz, noun". The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199891573. Retrieved 1 June 2024. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199891573.001.0001/acref-9780199891573-e-7042
Soulen & Soulen 2001, p. 187: "The term is especially identified with the work of F. C. BAUR (1792-1860), who contended that the Tendenz of the author of the book of Acts was to minimize the differences between Peter and Paul in order to depict the EARLY CHURCH as unified and harmonious." - Soulen, Richard N.; Soulen, R. Kendall (2001). Handbook of Biblical Criticism (3rd ed., rev. and expanded ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 0-664-22314-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ooGh9TTe0jUC