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.
Redaction criticism, in the study of biblical literature, method of criticism of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament that examines the way the various pieces of the tradition have been assembled into the final literary composition by an author or editor.