Religion 127A & 127B: The Bible and Ecological Desire

THE BIBLE

All citation styles have tables of acceptable abbreviations for biblical books.  Please check the official style guide for these.  MLA8 manual section 1.6.4; Chicago manual section 10.45; Turabian manual section 24.6; and SBL manual sections 8.3.1 & 8.3.2.

MLA

In-text citation

(The New Oxford Annotated Bible, John 3:16)
- subsequent citations only require the biblical citation, e.g. (Matthew 6:8) unless you are comparing translations and are using a second translation

Bibliography

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, edited by Michael D. Coogan, Oxford UP, 2010.

Chicago/Turabian

Footnote/Endnote

1.  John 3:16 (New Revised Standard Version)
              - may be abbreviated as NRSV after the first reference to it.

Bibliography

Chicago/Turabian styles does not usually require citing the Bible in the bibliography.

 

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CONCORDANCE

MLA

In-text citation

Generally not necessary to provide an in-text citation for a concordance.  If you make reference to using a concordance, your reader will know which one you used by consulting your bibliography.

Bibliography

Kohlenberger III, John R. "Covenant" The NRSV Concordance, Zondervan, 1991.

Chicago/Turabian

Footnote/Endnote

Generally not necessary to provide a footnote/endnote for a concordance.  If you make reference to using a concordance, your reader will know which one you used by consulting your bibliography.

Bibliography

Kohlenberger III, John R. The NRSV Concordance. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991.

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BIBLE DICTIONARY

MLA

In-text citation

(Thompson 954)

Bibliography

Thompson, Henry O. "Jordan River." The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by David N. Freedman, Doubleday. 1992.

Chicago/Turabian

Footnote/Endnote

1.  Anchor Bible Dictionary. (New York: Doubleday, 1992), s.v. "Jordan River."

Bibliography

Thompson, Henry O. "Jordan River." In Vol. 3, The Anchor Bible Dictionary, edited by David N. Freedman, 953-958.  New York: Doubleday, 1992.

 

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COMMENTARIES

MLA

In-text citation

(Brown 85)

or

(Cullpepper, "Gospel of Luke", 9:55)

Bibliography

Brown, Raynond E. The Gospel According to John I-XII, Doubleday, 1966. The Anchor Bible.

or for a multi-volume commentary

Cullpepper, R. Alan. "The Gospel of Luke."  The New Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 9, Abingdon, 1995.  1-490.

Chicago/Turabian

Footnote/Endnote

1.  Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John I-XII. (New York: Doubleday, 1966), 85.

or

1.  Cullpepper, "Gospel of Luke," 55.

Bibliography

Brown, Raymond E. The Gospel According to John I-XII. The Anchor Bible 29. New York: Doubleday, 1966.

or for a multi-volume commentary

Culpepper, R. Alan. "The Gospel of Luke." In The New Interpreter's Bible, 1-490. Vol. 9. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995.

 

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