“In the preface to his biography of St. Cuthbert, Bede set down an unusually complete description of redactive criticism at work.”

“The object of redactive interrogation was by no means to recover the intent of the men who wrote the texts of Scripture.”

“Making a general observation, in practice, was redactive, the use and development of existing paper and ink instruments and techniques, above all, those of the extract, the précis, and the table.”

“Similarly, appeals to either form critical or redactional studies have not won a consensus.”

“Because of the focus on the text as it stands, discussion of redactional and compositional issues is minimal.”

“This translation is intended to remove redactional errors found in other translations.”