Introduction
The early history of editing
Jewish and Christian scholarship and standardization of biblical texts
Classical and biblical text editions : editing in the age of the printing press
Editing Homer : the rise of historical criticism in classical studies
The history of the "editor" in biblical criticism from Simon to Wellhausen
The history of redaction in the twentieth century : crisis in higher criticism
Editing the Bible and textual criticism
Editors and the creation of the canon
Summary and conclusion.