seeks to remedy the overemphasis in form criticism on pretextual factors by focusing concern on the “glue” itself. So redaction criticism seeks to determine what the redactor (editor) did to the tradition. In this chapter we will explain redaction criticism, noting the earliest critics and then evaluating its weaknesses and strengths, seeking to discover what contribution redaction criticism makes to the exegetical task. Definition and Analysis Redaction criticism is a discipline of historians designed