The SBL Handbook of Style by Society of Biblical Literature

By Society of Biblical Literature

The definitive resource for a way to put in writing and post within the box of biblical studies

The long-awaited moment version of the fundamental variety handbook for writing and publishing in bible study and comparable fields comprises key type adjustments, up-to-date and increased abbreviation and spelling-sample lists, an inventory of archaeological website names, fabric on qur'anic assets, specific info on mentioning digital resources, and increased instructions for the transliteration and transcription of seventeen historical languages.

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  • Expanded lists of abbreviations to be used in old close to jap, biblical, and early Christian studies
  • Information for transliterating seventeen old languages
  • Exhaustive examples for mentioning print and digital sources

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Walter Wangerin Jr. spoke at the conference. , Jr. , delivered a lecture. 16–53. 2 Quotation Marks SBL practice, in keeping with long-standing American style and CMS, calls for placing quotation marks, whether double or single, outside periods and commas. 50). Single quotation marks should be used to indicate quotations within double quotation marks. ’ ” This man, who claims he is not a “pedant,” nonetheless likes making rules about commas. 70). 14 §4 General Style | Thus: Why had he said, “I’m too tired to respond”?

The modern site name is given first, followed by the ancient place name if known. In the absence of a modern name, the ancient place name alone is given. In some cases, the modern and ancient names are the same. Place names (ancient and modern) are given in roman font with the exception of Cypriot sites, for which it is traditional to use italics in the second, more precise, element of the toponym. For additional guidance on the names, spelling, locations, and more of archaeological sites in the Greco-Roman world, consult Richard J.

6 below. 85. , a half-baked cake). Some prefixes generally form closed compounds (ante-, anti-, co-, neo-, post-, pre-, semi-, and quite a few others; see the list in CMS pp. 383–84). As a general rule, any hyphenated compound in which the second component is a proper noun or adjective capitalizes the second term and leaves the prefix lowercase (pre-Davidic, post-Pauline, non-Pauline). But even these hyphenated forms sometimes become closed, in which case the whole word may be capitalized (Neoplatonism, Neoplatonic).

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