The SBL handbook of style : for biblical studies and related disciplines /

The SBL handbook of style : for biblical studies and related disciplines /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Atlanta, Georgia : SBL Press, [2014]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible -- Historiography -- Authorship -- Style manuals. Bible. Church history -- Authorship -- Style manuals. History, Ancient -- Authorship -- Style manuals. Authorship. Church history -- Authorship. Civilization -- Historiography. Middle East -- History -- Authorship -- Style manuals. Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Historiography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Middle East. Electronic books. Handbooks and manuals. History. Style manuals. Style manuals.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11242147

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Varying Form of Title:	Society of Biblical Literature handbook of style
Other authors / contributors:	Collins, Billie Jean, compiler. Buller, Bob, compiler. Kutsko, John F., 1963- compiler. Society of Biblical Literature.
ISBN:	9781589839656 158983965X 9781589839649
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource (viewed July 18, 2019).
Summary:	The SBL Handbook of Style has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest practices among scholars, editors, and publishers as well as to take into account current trends in scholarly publishing. This edition has been meticulously supplemented with important new subject matter that fills gaps in the first edition. New material include: clearer and more comprehensive guideline for authors in preparing manuscripts for publication, including a discussion on Unicode fonts; an expanded list of authorities; expanded guidelines on style rules for numbers; a list of ancient Near Eastern archaeological site names; an expansive discussion of the treatment of quranic sources; an expanded and improved list of capitalization and spelling examples; addition of a section on Islamic dates; an introduction on the principles of transliteration and transcription; addition of capital letters to the transliteration scheme for Greek; a substantially revised and updated discussion of Akkadian transliteration; addition of Sumerian, Hittite, Old Persian, Moabite, Edomite, Ammonite, Syriac, Mandaic, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Turkish to the list of ancient languages treated; a more complete discussion of the rules of citation; new rules for the treatment of Latin titles; a comprehensive list of publishers and their places of publication; an explanation of electronic resource identifiers (DOIs versus URLs); detailed guidelines for citing a variety of electronic sources; clearer and more comprehensive guidelines for preparing indexes; an expanded list of technical abbreviations; expanded coverage of rabbinic works and ancient codices; a thoroughly updated and expanded list of secondary sources. --
Other form:	Print version: SBL handbook of style. Second edition. Atlanta, Georgia: SBL Press, 2014 xiv, 351 pages 9781589839649

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Summary:	<p> The definitive source for how to write and publish in the field of biblical studies </p> <p>The long-awaited second edition of the essential style manual for writing and publishing in biblical studies and related fields includes key style changes, updated and expanded abbreviation and spelling-sample lists, a list of archaeological site names, material on qur'anic sources, detailed information on citing electronic sources, and expanded guidelines for the transliteration and transcription of seventeen ancient languages.</p> <p> Features: </p> Expanded lists of abbreviations for use in ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and early Christian studies Information for transliterating seventeen ancient languages Exhaustive examples for citing print and electronic sources
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781589839656 158983965X 9781589839649