Tips. 1  If a source does not have an author, cite it in-text by using the first word or two of its title. In the reference list, begin the citation with the work's complete title. 2  If an organization is the author, use it in place of a person's name both in-text and in your reference list.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Redaction criticism, also called Redaktionsgeschichte, Kompositionsgeschichte, or Redaktionstheologie, is a critical method for the study of biblical texts. Redaction criticism regards the author of the text as editor of his or her source materials.
I am constantly reading comments and documents from people who use the verb redact to refer to the act of deleting or otherwise censoring content. This never seemed correct to me, but until today it never actually occurred to me to look up the dictionary definition.