writting religion

REL 2040: Great Books: The Bible and Western Culture

Fall 2013

Dr. Peter Bekins

Proper Citations

This assignment involves a research component and should include a bibliography and proper citation of

sources. When choosing sources, be aware of the C.R.A.P. test!

Format

You may choose MLA, APA, or Turabian formats for citation. Style guides are available on-line through

the University Writing Center: http://www.wright.edu/uc/success/services/writingctr/styleguidefaq.html

Citing the Bible

When you need to cite verses from the Bible use Book Chapter:Verse format. The Biblical citation occurs

outside the quotation marks but within the punctuation. For instance:

In Genesis, God drives man from the garden for fear that he might eat from the tree. “Now, lest

he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever” (Genesis 3:22).

There is no need to list the Bible itself in your bibliography or give any details about the particular version

of the Bible you are using. Don’t eat up space by giving extended quotes from the Bible! Only quote as

much as is necessary to make your point.

Citing your Study Bible

If you decide to quote one of the essays or the notes from your New Oxford Annotated Bible, then you

must give a full citation. Treat each section like an essay or chapter found within an edited volume.

1. Find the author for the notes in the biblical book you are reading (these are listed on page v). For

instance, David M. Carr is the editor of the notes for Genesis.

2. Find the page numbers for the entire biblical book you are reading. For instance, Genesis spans

pages 7-80 in the Bible

If you use a note from Genesis 3, your citation might look like: (Carr 2001, 15). Your bibliography would

look like:

Carr, David M. “Genesis Introduction and Annotations.” The New Oxford Annotated Bible. New

Revised Standard Version, with the Apocrypha. Editor Michael D. Coogan et al. 3rd ed.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 7-80.