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How to Cite Sources in SBL and Format Papers: Commentaries

Single Volume, part of Series / Set - SBL - series title and volume number follow title - 6.2.24

Reference Page

Dahood, Mitchell. Psalms I, 1-50. Anchor Bible 16. Garden City: Double Day, 1965.

First Citation - notice abbreviation of series title (footnote)

15 Mitchell Dahood, Psalms I, 1-50 (AB 16; Garden City: Double Day, 1965), 44.

Other Citations (footnote)

23 Dahood, Psalms I, 1-50, 55.

Compendium-style Commentary (ACCS or RCS) - 6.4

Reference Page

Just, Jr., Arthur A., ed. Luke. ACCS New Testament 3. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.

First Citation - notice abbreviation of series title (footnote)

22. Cyril of Alexandria, Not How Many Are Saved, quoted in Arthur A Just Jr., ed., Luke, ACCS New Testament 3 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 229.

Other Citations (footnote)

24. Cyril of Alexandria, Not How Many, Luke, 229.

Single Volume, not part of Series / Set

Reference Page

Berkowitz, Miriam Carey. "Nitzavim." Pages 377-383 in The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions. Edited by Elyse Goldstein. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Lights, 2000.

First Citation - notice abbreviation of series title (footnote)

13. Miriam Carey Berkowitz, "Nitzavim," in The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions, ed. Elyse Goldstein (Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Lights, 1995), 377-383.

Other Citations (footnote)

18. Berkowitz, "Nitzavim," 379.