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Chicago Style
Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.
University of Chicago Press, 2017 | Online Access
- Chicago Formatting and Style GuideFrom Purdue University's Online Writing and Style Guide
• Author-Date Style Sample Paper
• Notes and Bibliography Style Sample Paper - Chicago Notes and Bibliography Style, 17th ed.From Williams College
- Chicago Author-Date Style, 17th ed.From Williams College
- QuickCite(Notes Style Only)
From University of Auckland
Citation Styles and Examples
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.
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.
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.
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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