Citations and Bibliography

Citations and Bibliography

1.  Citing from the Bible

a.  The phrase “When God began to create” (Gen 1:1, NRSV) indicates that God is continuing to create.

Use the book, chapter and verse, along with the translation.  You do not need to put a page number or name the publisher of the Bible. In other words, you would note that the phrase is from the NRSV, but you do not need to say that it is from the Harper-Collins Study Bible.

2.  Citing from a commentary or other book:

a. Direct quote:

Westermann points out that “there is no creation story that is arranged in a succession of days” (Westermann, 89).

b.  Paraphrase:

Westermann points out that the creation story in Genesis is unique in its ordering of creation into seven days (Westermann, 89).

 Doing a bibliography

Westermann

1994                            Genesis 1-11.  Minneapolis: Fortress Press.

Include in your bibliography a list of all the Biblical versions that you used. (You may list them by their abbreviation, i.e. NRSV, NIV, etc.)