▁form ▁criticism ▁emb od ies ▁an ▁essential ▁insight , ▁it ▁will ▁continue . ▁... ▁Two ▁elements ▁em body ▁this ▁insight ▁and ▁give ▁it ▁its ▁value : ▁concern ▁for ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁and ▁for ▁its ▁shape ▁and ▁structure . ▁... ▁If ▁the ▁enc rust ations ▁can ▁be ▁sc rap ed ▁away , ▁the ▁" good ▁stuff " ▁may ▁still ▁be ▁there . ▁ ▁Red action ▁criticism ▁▁ ▁Red action ▁is ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁editing ▁multiple ▁sources , ▁often ▁with ▁a ▁similar ▁theme , ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁document . ▁Red action ▁critics ▁focus ▁on ▁discover ing ▁how ▁the ▁literary ▁units ▁were ▁originally ▁edited — " red act ed " — into ▁their ▁current ▁forms . ▁Red action ▁criticism ▁developed ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁North ▁America , ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁correl ative ▁to ▁form ▁criticism . ▁It ▁is ▁dependent ▁on ▁both ▁source ▁and ▁form ▁criticism , ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁necessary ▁to ▁identify ▁the ▁trad itions ▁before ▁determ ining ▁how ▁the ▁red actor ▁has ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁them . ▁However , ▁re da ction ▁criticism ▁reject s ▁source ▁and ▁form ▁criticism ' s ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁texts ▁as ▁mere ▁collections ▁of ▁fragments . ▁Where ▁form ▁criticism ▁f ract ures ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁elements ▁into ▁smaller ▁and ▁smaller ▁individual ▁pieces , ▁re da ction ▁criticism ▁attempts ▁to ▁interpret ▁the ▁whole ▁literary ▁unit . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁re da ction ▁criticism ▁" prov ides ▁a ▁correct ive