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DOCUMENTING SOURCES IN SBL STYLE
“The SBL Handbook of Style has been created to help scholars, students, editors, and
proofreaders of ancient Near Eastern studies, biblical studies, early Christianity, and rabbinic
studies. . . . The handbook [supplements] The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), except in cases
where the field very consciously and authoritatively adopts a different standard.”
--The SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd ed., 1. 1
Book:
(N)
Billie Jean Collins et al., eds., The SBL Handbook of Style (Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014), 1.
(B)
Collins, Billie Jean, Bob Buller, and John F. Kutsko, eds. The SBL Handbook of Style.
Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014.
Journal Article:
(N)
Nancy R. Bowen, “The Daughters of Your People: Female Prophets in Ezekiel 17:23,”
JBL 118 (1999): 417-433.
(B)
Bowen, Nancy R. “The Daughters of Your People: Female Prophets in Ezekiel 13.17-23.”
Journal of Biblical Literature 118 (1999): 417-433.
An Article in an Encyclopedia or Dictionary:
(N)
Krister Stendahl, “Biblical Theology, Contemporary,” IDB 1:418-32.
(B)
Stendahl, Krister. “Biblical Theology, Contemporary.” Pages 418-32 in vol. 1 of The
Interpreter‘s Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G. Buttrick. 4 vols. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1962.
An Article in a Lexicon or Theological Dictionary:
[For the discussion of a word or family of words, give entire title and page range]:
(N)
H. Beyer, “diakoneo, diakonia,” TDNT 1:223-224.
(B)
Kittel G. and G. Friedrich, eds. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Translated by
G.W. Bromley. 10 Vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmanns, 1964-76.
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While the second edition of The SBL Handbook of Style continues to follow The Chicago Manual of Style in its
basic documentation format, see “Rule Changes in the Second Edition,” Introduction to the 2nd ed., 1.
Bible Commentaries:
[As the editors of The SBL Handbook of Style acknowledge: “Properly citing bible commentaries
can be complex, especially when the commentaries are (1) multivolume, or (2) in a series.
Commentaries are normally cited just as any other book, with the commentary series name being
the only significant addition. Since editors of commentary series usually acquire rather than edit,
the names of general editors need not be included in bibliographic or note references.” (7.3.9, p.
61).]
(N)
Morna Hooker, The Gospel according to Saint Mark (BNTC 2: Peabody, Mass:
Hendrickson, 1991), 223.
(B)
Hooker, Morna. The Gospel according to Saint Mark. Black’s New Testament Commentaries 2.
Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 1991.
A Single Volume of a Multi-Volume Commentary in a Series:
Cited as a multi-volume work:
(N)
Mitchell Dahood, Psalms: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (3 vols: AR 16-17A: Garden
City: Doubleday, 965-1970), 3:127.
(B)
Dahood, Mitchell. Psalms. Introduction, Translation, and Notes. 3 vols. Anchor Bible 16-17A.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1965-71.
Using individual volumes as the basis for citation:
(N) Mitchell Dahood, Psalms 1, 1-50: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (AB 16-17A: Garden
City: Doubleday, 1966), 347.
(B) Dahood, Mitchell. Psalms: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. 3 vols. Anchor Bible 1617A. Garden City: Doubleday, 1965-71.
An Internet Publication with a Print Counterpart:
(N)
L. Juliana M. Classens, “Biblical Theology as Dialogue: Continuing the Conversation on
Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical Theology,” JBL 122, no. 1 (2003): 127-144. Cited 25 September
2014. Online: http://www.metapress.com/content/G11812W226N042J7.
(B)
Classens, L. Juliana M. “Biblical Theology as Dialogue: Continuing the
Conversation on Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical Theology.” Journal of Biblical
Literature 122, no. 1 (2003): 127-144. Cited 25 September
2014. http://www.metapress.com/content/G11812W226N042J7.
An Internet Publication without a Print Counterpart:
(N)
Thomas Talbott, "Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought," n.p. [cited 25 September 2014].
Online: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/entries/heaven-hell/.
(B)
Talbott, Thomas. "Heaven and Hell in Christian Thought." No pages. Cited 25 September 2014.
Online: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2014/entries/heaven-hell/.