DISSERTATION STYLE GUIDE With Guidelines for Dissertation Proposal Contents and Formatting The Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biblical and Theological Studies August 2020 Wheaton College Wheaton, Illinois USA Wheaton College 501 College Avenue Wheaton, Illinois 60187-5593 Graduate Biblical and Theological Studies: 630-752-5197 Fax: 630-752-5902 E-Mail: [email protected] © 2018 by Wheaton College Printed in the United States of America Wheaton College reserves the right to change without notice any statement in this publication concerning, but not limited to, citation and bibliography style, formatting, abbreviations, and shortened publisher names. 2 Dissertation Style Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................................... 10 1. GENERAL FORMATTING .............................................................................. 11 1.1. Recommended Software ................................................................................................................... 11 1.2. Paper .................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3. Fonts .................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.4. Line Spacing ....................................................................................................................................... 12 1.5. Margins ................................................................................................................................................ 12 1.6. Page Numbers .................................................................................................................................... 13 1.7. Indentation ......................................................................................................................................... 13 1.8. Widows and Orphans ....................................................................................................................... 13 2. GENERAL STYLE ............................................................................................. 14 2.1. Punctuation ......................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2. Ellipses ................................................................................................................................................ 14 2.3. Hyphens and Dashes ........................................................................................................................ 14 2.4. Parentheses and Brackets ................................................................................................................. 15 2.5. Quotation Marks and Punctuation ................................................................................................. 15 2.6. Commas .............................................................................................................................................. 16 2.7. Numbers ............................................................................................................................................. 16 2.7.1. Nonscientific Numbers .......................................................................................................... 16 2.7.2. Scientific Numbers .................................................................................................................. 17 2.7.3. Numerical Sequences .............................................................................................................. 17 2.8. Divisions of a Work .......................................................................................................................... 17 2.9. Spelling and Capitalization ............................................................................................................... 18 2.10. Alphabetization ................................................................................................................................ 18 2.11. Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... 18 2.12. Books of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha ................................................... 20 3 Dissertation Style Guide 2.13. Bible Versions and Versification ................................................................................................... 21 2.14. The Divine Name ............................................................................................................................ 21 2.15. Transcription and Transliteration ................................................................................................. 22 2.16. Illustrations ....................................................................................................................................... 25 2.17. Tables ................................................................................................................................................ 26 2.18. Internal Cross-References .............................................................................................................. 26 2.19. Grammar ........................................................................................................................................... 26 2.20. Plagiarism .......................................................................................................................................... 26 2.21. Gender Neutral Language .............................................................................................................. 27 2.22. See and Cf. ........................................................................................................................................ 27 3. DISSERTATION CONTENTS ......................................................................... 28 3.1. Front Matter ....................................................................................................................................... 28 3.1.1. Fly Leaf Page ............................................................................................................................ 28 3.1.2. Title Page .................................................................................................................................. 28 3.1.3. Signature Page .......................................................................................................................... 29 3.1.4. Disclaimer Page ........................................................................................................................ 30 3.1.5. Dedication Page ....................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.6. Epigraph Page .......................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.7. Abstract ..................................................................................................................................... 30 3.1.8. Table of Contents .................................................................................................................... 31 3.1.9. Lists of Illustrations or Tables ............................................................................................... 32 3.1.10. Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................... 32 3.1.11. List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 32 3.2. Body of the Document ..................................................................................................................... 35 3.2.1. Parts ........................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2.2. Chapters .................................................................................................................................... 35 3.2.3. Subheadings .............................................................................................................................. 36 3.2.4.1. Introducing Quotations ................................................................................................ 37 3.2.4.2. Modifying Quotations ................................................................................................... 37 3.2.4.3. Block Quotations ........................................................................................................... 38 3.2.4.4. Quotations of Scriptural Text and Translation ......................................................... 38 4 Dissertation Style Guide 3.2.5. Enumerated Lists ..................................................................................................................... 39 3.2.6. Non-enumerated Lists ............................................................................................................ 40 3.2.7. Outline Lists ............................................................................................................................. 40 3.2.8. Excurses ...................................................................................................................................