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Citing Sources

Books

Book by a Single Author

Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth

         Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. New York: Crossroad, 1992.

Footnote formats for this example:

         15 Charles H. Talbert, Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the

Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles (New York: Crossroad, 1992), 127.

         19 Talbert, Reading John, 22.


Book by More than Three Authors

Scott, Bernard Brandon, Margaret Dean, Kristen Sparks, and Frances LaZar. Reading New

         Testament Greek. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1993.

Footnote formats for this example:

         7 Bernard Brandon Scott et al., Reading New Testament Greek (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson.

1993), 53

         9 Scott et al., Reading New Testament Greek, 42.


Translated Volume

Egger, Wilhelm. How to Read the New Testament: An Introduction to Linguistic and

         Historical-Critical Methodology. Translated by P. Heinegg. Peabody, Mass:

         Hendrickson, 1996.


Book with Author, Editor and Translator

Blass, F., and A. Debrunner. Grammatico del greco del Nuovo Testamento. Edited by

         F. Rehkopf. Translated by G. Pisi. Brescia: Paideia, 1982.

Footnote formats for this example:

          3 F. Blass and A. Debrunner.  Grammatica del greco del Nuovo Testamento. (ed. F. Rehkopf.

Translated by G. Pisi. Brescia: Paideia, 1982.), 40.


Revised Edition

Pritchard, James B., ed. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3d ed.

         Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

Footnote formats for this example:

          87 James B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament

(3rd ed.; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969), xxi.


Article in an Edited Volume

Attridge, Harold A. “Jewish Historiography. ” Pages 311-43 in Early Judaism and Its

         Modern Interpreters. Edited by R .A. Kraft and G. W. E. Nickelsburg.

         Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

Footnote formats for this example:

         3 Harold W. Attridge.  "Jewish Historiography," in Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters (ed. R. A. Kraft and G. W. E.

Nickelsburg: Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986), 311-43.

         6 Attridge, "Jewish Historiography," 314-17.


Article in a Reference Book

Stendhal, K. “Biblical Theology, Contemporary.” Pages 418-32 in vol. 1 of The Interpreter’s

         Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G .A. Buttrick. 4 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962.

Footnote formats for this example:

         33 K. Stendhal, "Biblical Theology, Contemporary," IDB 1:418-32

         36 Stendhal, "Biblical Theology," 1:419


Bible Commentaries

Hooker, Morna. The Gospel according to Saint Mark. Black’s New Testament Commentaries 2.

         Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1991.

Dahood, Mitchell. Psalms. 3 vols. Anchor Bible 16-17A. Garden City: Doubleday, 1965-1970.

Footnote formats for these examples:

         6 Morna Hooker, The Gospel according to Saint Mark (BNTC 2; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1991), 223.

         4 Mitchell Dahood, Psalms (3 vols.; AB 16-17A; Garden City: Doubleday, 1965-1970), 3:127

         7 Dahood, Psalms, 2:121

Journal Articles

Journal Article

Leyerle, Blake. “John Chrysostom on the Gaze.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 1 (1993):

         159-74.

Footnote formats for this example:

          7 Blake Leyerle, "John Chrysostom on the Gaze," JECS 1 (1993): 159-74.

         23 Leyerle, "Chrysostom," 161


Journal Article Republished in a Collected Volume

Freedman, David Noel. “Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry.” Journal

         of Biblical Literature 96 (1977): 5-26. Repr. pages 1-22 in Pottery, Poetry, and

         Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1980.

Footnote formats for this example:

         20 David Noel Freedman. “Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry.” JBL 

96 (1977): 20; repr. in Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry. Winona Lake,

Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1980.


Magazine Article

Saldarini, Anthony J. “Babatha’s Story.” Biblical Archaeology Review 24, no. 2 (March/April

         1998): 28-33. 36-37, 72-74.

Footnote formats for this example:

         8 Anthony J. Saldarini, "Babatha's Story," BAR 24, no. 2 (March/April 1998): 28-33, 36-37, 72-74.


Book Review

Teeple, Howard M. Review of A. Robert and A. Feuillet, Introduction to the New Testament.

         Journal of Bible and Religion 34 (1966): 368-70.

Footnote formats for this example:

         8 Howard M. Teeple, review of A. Robert and A. Feuillet, Introduction to the New Testament, JBR 34 (1966): 368-70.

       21 Teeple, review of Robert and Feuillet, 369.

Electronic Sources

Internet Publication

Farrell, Matthew Thomas. “History of the Discovery of Thomas and Comments on the Text.”

         No pages. Cited 5 May 1997. Online: http://www.miseri.edu/davies/thomas/

         farrell.htm.

Footnote formats for this example:

         32 Farrell, Matthew Thomas. “History of the Discovery of Thomas and Comments on the Text,” 

n.p. [cited 5 May 1997]. Online: http://www.miseri.edu/davies/thomas/farrell.htm.

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