Bibliographic Citations and Referencing Sources
Examples of Bibliographic
Citations:
When citing books or articles you must include in your
bibliographic reference the author's last name, first name, the
Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. # of Volumes. Series Title,
# [optional]. City: Publisher, Year (and in the case of articles,
the page numbers). Follow the examples below.
Whole Book:
Brown, Raymond E. An Introduction to the New Testament.
New York: Doubleday, 1997.
Boadt, Lawrence. Reading the Old Testament: An
Introduction. New York: Paulist Press, 1984.
Book Chapter:
Resseguie, James L. "John 9: A Literary-Critical Analysis." In:
Literary Interpretations of Biblical Narratives (edited by
K. R. R. Gros Louis; Nashville: Abingdon, 1982) 2.295-303.
Journal Article:
Poirier, John C. "'Day and Night' and the Punctuation of John
9:3." New Testament Studies 42 (1996) 288-94.
Dictionary or Commentary:
Dunn, James D. G. "Christology." Anchor Bible Dictionary
(ed. David N. Freedman; New York: Doubleday, 1992) 1.979-91. [short
for vol. 1, pp. 979-991]
On-Line:
Goodacre, Mark. "The New Testament Gateway"
[http://www.ntgateway.com/]. Accessed on 2/3/01.
In-Text Referencing:
Direct Quote: (Citation is bolded for illustration only. Do
not bold in your text.) When quoting a text directly, copyright
law requires that the quote acknowledged in your text with
quotation marks. Within the punctuation after the quote, in
parenthesis, include the author's last name, an abbreviated title
and the page number.
"Matt's extremely hostile critique of the scribes and Pharisees
as casuistic (especially in chap. 23) is not untypical of the harsh
criticism of one Jewish group by another Jewish group in the 1st
centuries BC and AD - a criticism that at times crossed the
borderline into slander" (Brown, Intro to NT, 222).
Referencing a work without directly quoting: You will use
ideas from other authors without directly quoting. It is still
required by law to give credit where credit is due. After you have
stated what the author has said about a particular topic follow the
parenthetical citation just as you would for a direct quote.
The Biblical authors of Genesis utilized the popular mythology
of the region and time to illustrate to the readers the dangers and
consequences of sin (Boadt, Reading the OT, 122).
Biblical Citations: The Bible is also by a particular
author and needs to be cited. If you say, "John says" or "Matthew
states" it is necessary to back up your claim with a citation.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God" (Jn 1:1).
According to Matthew, Joseph was warned in a dream to escape
with the child Jesus to Egypt in order to escape Herod's wrath
(Mt 2:13).