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SOURCES CITED 
last revised: 04/16/07
General Guidelines:
Required Sections:
     Guidelines:

Make sure you follow the guidelines listed below in using the required sources.
Every listed reference in the Sources Cited MUST be used and thus cited in at least one footnote!
A list of possible sources for each section is available through a hyperlink on each section heading:

Required Format for Sources Cited and for footnotes in Introduction, body and Conclusion of the paper:
  • Sources Cited (Bibliography)
  • Footnote 1st full reference (To be used in the Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
  • Footnote 2nd & subsequent references(To be used in the Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
  • For instructions and examples of how to list electronically cited material from the internet following the Turabian Style Manual see the Non-Periodical Internet Documents example at Ithacha College library.
The forms below illustrate the correct format: 
  • The Bibliography form is listed first; 
  • Footnotes: the first, full reference form; 
  • Footnotes: the abbreviated footnote form for second and subsequent references.
Bible Translations:  
Guidelines:
  • The translations must be from the approved list hyperlinked under the above heading. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • A minimum of four translations must be used.
  • Each of the three categories of translation types must be represented in your selection of translations.
  • The King James Version can only be used as a fifth translation.
  • The New American Standard Bible. La Habra,
         CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1977.

         11 Cor. 5:1-10 NASB

         21 Cor. 5:1-10 NASB.

    Study Bibles
    Guidelines:
  • Minimum of one Study Bible from the designated list must be used in the research. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • Often within Study Bibles the articles, as well as the notes on the scripture texts, are not signed, but the author will be identified in the Preface of the Study Bible. 
  • When quoting from an article or study notes, you should identify the author of those materials and then cite from them as above.
  • Click the above hyperlink for a listing of required sources. Choose a minimum of one of these sources. Don't forget the New Oxford Annotated Bible -- one of your textbooks -- can count as one of these sources. 
  • Metzger, Bruce M. "Introduction to the New
         Testament." In The New Oxford
         Annotated Bible, iii-iv. Edited by
         Bruce M. Metzger and Roland E.
         Murphy. New York: Oxford University
         Press, 1991.

          1Bruce M. Metzger, "Introduction to the New Testament," in The New Oxford Annotated Bible, eds. Bruce M. Metzger and Roland E. Murphy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), iii.

         2Metzger, "Introduction," NOSB, iii.

    Concordances
    Guidelines:
  • Minimum of one concordance from the designated list  must be used. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • Use the concordance to look up key words in your scripture passage in order to see how those words are used elsewhere in the Bible.
  • Remember: a concordance is based on the English words of a specific translation, rather than on the words of the Greek or Hebrew texts.
  • Click the above hyperlink for a listing of required sources. Choose a minimum of one of these sources.
  • Don't forget the Bible Study Tools electronic concordance.
  • Whitaker, Richard. E. The Eerdman's
         Analytical Concordance to the
         Revised Standard Version of the
         Bible. Grand Rapids: Wm. B.
         Eerdman's Publishing Company,1988.

         1Richard E. Whitaker. The Eerdman's Analytical Concordance to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdman's Publishing Company, 1988), 551.

         2Whitaker, Analytical Concordance, 552.

    Bible Dictionaries
    Guidelines:
  • Minimum of one Bible dictionary or encyclopedia article from the designated list must be used. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • Use the Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias to identify names, places, and key concepts treated in your scripture passage.
  • Click the above hyperlink for a listing of required sources. Choose a minimum of one of these sources.
  • Don't forget the iPreach materials.
  • Signed article forms:

    Cranford, Lorin L. "Tychicus." In Mercer
         Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by
         Watson E. Mills.Macon, GA: Mercer
         University Press, 1990.

         1Lorin L. Cranford, "Tychicus," in Mercer Dictionary of the Bible.

         2Cranford, "Tychicus," 938.

    Unsigned article forms:

    Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by
         Watson E. Mills. Macon, GA: Mercer
         University Press,1990. S.V.,
         "Tychicus."

         1Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, s.v. "Tychicus."

         2Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, s.v. "Tychicus."

    1 Volume Bible Commentaries
    Guidelines:
  • Minimum of one source from the designated list must be used. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • These materials provide very helpful summaries of scripture texts, as well as important background materials for the Introduction section of your paper.
  • Click the above hyperlink for a listing of required sources. Choose a minimum of one of these sources.
  • Click here for list of non-usable commentaries. 
  • Don't forget the iPreach materials.
  • Falk, Marcia. "Song of Songs." In Harper's
         Bible Commentary. Edited by James
         L. Mays. San Francisco: Harper & Row,
         Publishers, 1988.

         1Maria Falk, "Song of Songs," in Harper's Bible Commentary, ed. James L. Mays (San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988), 525.

         2Falk, "Song of Songs," 526.

    Commentary Series
  • Guidelines: 
  • Minimum of two sources from the designated list must be used. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)
  • These are commentary sets with multiple volumes. Sometimes an entire volume will be devoted to a single book of the Bible; others will cover several books of the Bible within a single volume of the commentary set. These must be referenced differently as the examples will illustrate. 
  • These commentaries will provide the most important and useful information in analyzing the specific meaning of the assigned scripture text, as well as address introductory historical and literary questions.
  • Click the above hyperlink for a listing of required sources. Choose a minimum of two of these sources.
  • Click here for list of non-usable commentaries.
  • Don't forget the iPreach materials.
  • Foulkes, Francis. The Epistle of Paul to
         the Ephesians. The Tyndale New
         TestamentCommentaries, ed. R.V.G.
         Tasker. Grand Rapids: Wm. B.
         Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1963.

            (Note: this is the correct format when only one book of the Bible is treated in one volume of the commentary.)

         1Francis Foulkes, The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, ed. R.V.G. Tasker (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1963), 48-53.

         2Foulkes, Ephesians, 55-61.



    Foulkes, Francis. "The Epistle of Paul to
         the Ephesians." In The Tyndale New
         Testament Commentaries, ed. R.V.G.
         Tasker. Grand Rapids: Wm. B.
         Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1963.

    (Note: this is the correct format when a volume in the commentary contains  commentary on more than one book of the Bible by different authors.)

         1Francis Foulkes, "The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians," in The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, ed. R.V.G. Tasker (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1963), 48-53.

         2Foulkes, "Ephesians," 55-61.

    Other Sources
    Guidelines:
  • Minimum of one source from the designated list must be used. (For list of designated sources click above heading.)

  • This section is for listing resources such as Introduction textbooks, class notes, and other materials used in the research but that do not fall in the above categories.
    Tullock, John H. The Old Testament Story.
         Fourth edition. Upper Saddle River,
         NJ: Prentice Hall,1996.

         1John H. Tullock, The Old Testament Story, 4th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Printice Hall, 1996), 136-141.

         2Tullock, The Old Testament Story, 146

    Citing Internet Sources Guidelines for Turabian from the University of Georgia
    The current 6th edition of Turabian does not provide detailed guidelines. The new 7th edition, due out at the end of April 2007, will address this issue exhaustively.
    Type of Entry Note Form (first note)* Bibliographic Form 
    Internet/World WideWeb site         1Federal Election Commission,"Receipts of 1996 Presidential Pre-Nomination Campaigns"; available from http://www.fec.gov/pres96/ pres1b.jpg; Internet; accessed 13 May 1996.

    [Note: in footnotes the first line is indented 8 spaces; the second and subsequent lines go back to the left margin.)

    Federal Election Commission. "Receipts of 1996 Presidential Pre-Nomination Campaigns." Available from http://www.fec.gov.pres96/pres1b.jpg. Internet; accessed 13 May 1996.

    [Note: in bibliography the second and subsequent lines are indented 8 spaces, while the first line is not indented.)

           

    COMMENTARIES NOT TO BE USED

    This section, of course, would not be listed in your bibliography. The commentaries listed here represent out of date and/or devotional commentaries that will not provide helpful answers to the questions naturally arising from your analysis of the scripture text.

    The Speakers Bible
    The Pulpit Commentary
    The Preacher's (Complete) Homiletic Commentary
    Lange's Commentary
    The People's Bible
    An Interpretation of the English Bible by Carroll
    Matthew Henry's Commentary