Excerpts from the Bible are usually referenced by book names, chapter numbers and verse numbers. Sometimes, the name of the Bible translation is also included. There are several formats to do so.
For example, The Book of Genesis, chapter 3, verse 5, of The Living Bible (TLB) may be referred to as:
Genesis 3: 5, TLB
- "God knows very well that when you eat it, you will become like him..."
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The general format for biblical excerpts is the Book Chapter: verses , using colon to separate the chapter from the paragraph, as in:
- "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen. 1: 1 ).
Or, being more formal,
- Book for a chapter ( John 3 );
- Books chapter 1 -kab 2 for various chapters ( John 1-3 );
- chapter book: verse for one verse ( John 3:16 ); John 3: 16-17 ; chapter book: paragraph 1 , paragraph 2 /i>).
The spacer separator is en-dash, and there are no spaces on either side.
This format is accepted by the Chicago Manual of Style as well as the format used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to cite works of scripture standards. The MLA style is similar, but replaces the colon with period.
Excerpts in APA style add translations/Bible versions after the verse. For example, ( John 3:16, New International Version ). The name of the translation/version should not be abbreviated (eg, Write King James Version instead of using KJV). The next quote does not require a translation/version unless it changes. In the APA style, the Bible is not listed in the reference at the end of the document.
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punctuation
When quotes are used in run-in quotes, they should not, according to the Christian Authority Manual , contain punctuation either from the quotation itself (such as exclamation marks or question marks) or from the prose around it. The full stop at the end of the sentence is outside the parentheses surrounding the quotation. As an example:
- Take him away! Take him away! Crucify Him! ( John 19:15 ).
The Christian Writer Style Manual also states that quotes that follow a text citation block may be in parentheses in the text, or right-handed follow em-dash on a new line. As an example:
- The things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you can have peace. In the world you experience misery, but be brave; I have overcome the world. ( John 16:33 NASB )
- The things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you can have peace. In the world you experience misery, but be brave; I have overcome the world.
- John 16:33 NASB
Shorten the book
The names of Bible books can be abbreviated. Most Bibles provide a preferred abbreviation of their abbreviations, or on the front of the book. Abbreviations can be used when quotes are references that follow the text citation block.
Abbreviations should not be used, according to the Christian Author Style Manual , when the quote in the text runs. Instead, the full name must be spelled. Hudson observes, however, that for scientific or reference works containing many quotations in the run of the text, abbreviations may be used only to reduce the length of the prose, and that similar exceptions may be made for cases where a large number of citations are used in parentheses.
There are two commonly accepted styles for abbreviating the names of books, which are used in general books and those used in scientific works.
Electronic Bible editions use internal abbreviations. Some of these abbreviated schemes are standardized. These include OSIS and ParaTExt USFM.
Roman numerals
Roman numerals are often used for numbered books from the Bible. For example, Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians can be written as "I Corinthians," using Roman numerals "I" instead of Arabic "1". The Christian Writer Style Manual , however, recommends using Arabic numerals for numbered books, as in "2 Corinthians" rather than "II Corinthians".
Issue
The Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style published by the Society of Biblical Literature states that for the modern edition of the Bible, publisher information is not required in a quote. One should only use the standard abbreviations of the Bible version (eg "KJV" for King James Version, "RSV" for the Revised Standard Version, "NIV" for New International Version, and so on).
Many quote
The Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style recommends that some quotes be given in list form separated by semicolons, without conjunctions before the last item in the list. When several successive quotes refer to the same book, the name of the book is omitted from the second and subsequent quotes. As an example:
- John 1-3; 3:16; 6:14, 44
Quoting non-biblical text in the Bible
Some Bibles, especially Bible study, contain additional texts that are not biblical texts. This includes footnotes, annotations, and special articles. The Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style recommends that the text be quoted in the form of a normal book excerpt, not as a biblical quote. As an example:
- Sophie Laws (1993). "The Letter of James". In Wayne A. Meeks; et al. The HarperCollins Study Bible: A New Version of Standard Revision, with Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books . New York: HarperCollins. pp.Ã, 2269-2270.
See also
- Bible books
- Popular Christian culture
- quote religious text
References
External links
- Search and read Bible passages in Bible Gateway (various versions)
- Summary of MLA rules in the Purdue University Online Writing Lab
- Quote the Bible at Henry Buhl Grove City College Library
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