BITH M.A. STYLE GUIDE For the Master of Arts Program in Biblical and Theological Studies January 2013 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] © 2013 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 BITH Style Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ................................................................................................................ 9 1. GENERAL FORMATTING...............................................................................10 1.1. Recommended Software...................................................................................................................10 1.2. Fonts ....................................................................................................................................................10 1.3. Line Spacing........................................................................................................................................11 1.4. Margins ................................................................................................................................................11 1.5. Page Numbers ....................................................................................................................................11 1.6. Indentation..........................................................................................................................................11 1.7. Widows and Orphans........................................................................................................................11 2. GENERAL STYLE.............................................................................................13 2.1. Punctuation .........................................................................................................................................13 2.2. Ellipses.................................................................................................................................................13 2.3. Hyphens and Dashes.........................................................................................................................13 2.4. Parentheses and Brackets..................................................................................................................14 2.5. Quotation Marks and Punctuation..................................................................................................14 2.6. Commas...............................................................................................................................................14 2.7. Numbers..............................................................................................................................................15 2.7.1. Nonscientific Numbers...........................................................................................................15 2.7.2. Scientific Numbers...................................................................................................................16 2.7.3. Numerical Sequences...............................................................................................................16 2.8. Divisions of a Work...........................................................................................................................16 2.9. Spelling and Capitalization................................................................................................................17 2.10. Alphabetization ................................................................................................................................17 2.11. Abbreviations....................................................................................................................................17 2.12. Books of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha....................................................19 2.13. Bible Versions and Versification ...................................................................................................20 3 BITH Style Guide 2.14. The Divine Name ............................................................................................................................20 2.15. Transcription and Transliteration..................................................................................................20 2.16. Illustrations .......................................................................................................................................24 2.17. Tables.................................................................................................................................................25 2.18. Internal Cross-References...............................................................................................................25 2.19. Grammar ...........................................................................................................................................25 2.20. Plagiarism ..........................................................................................................................................25 2.21. Gender Neutral Language ..............................................................................................................26 2.22. See and Cf. ........................................................................................................................................26 3. Paper CONTENTS.............................................................................................27 3.1. Title page .............................................................................................................................................27 3.2. Body of the Document .....................................................................................................................27 3.2.1. Subheadings ..............................................................................................................................27 3.2.2. Quotations.................................................................................................................................28 3.2.2.1. Introducing Quotations.................................................................................................28 3.2.2.2. Modifying Quotations ...................................................................................................29 3.2.2.3. Block Quotations ...........................................................................................................29 3.2.2.4. Quotations of Hebrew Text and Translation ............................................................30 3.2.3. Enumerated Lists .....................................................................................................................31 3.2.4. Non-enumerated Lists.............................................................................................................32 3.2.5. Outline Lists..............................................................................................................................32 3.2.6. Footnotes...................................................................................................................................33 3.2.6.1. Basic Formatting ............................................................................................................33 3.2.6.2. Footnotes Combining Citations and Content ...........................................................34 3.2.6.2.1. Option 1: Parenthetical Citation........................................................................34 3.2.6.2.2. Option 2: Inline Citation.....................................................................................34 3.2.6.3. Footnotes with Multiple Citations...............................................................................35 3.3. Back Matter.........................................................................................................................................35 3.3.1. Appendices................................................................................................................................36 3.3.2. Bibliography..............................................................................................................................36 4 BITH Style Guide 4. FOOTNOTE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC STYLE ...............................................37 4.1. Books ...................................................................................................................................................37 4.1.1. Name(s) of Author(s) or Editor(s) ........................................................................................37 4.1.1.1. Name(s) of author(s) .....................................................................................................37 4.1.1.2. Name(s) of editor(s).......................................................................................................38 4.1.1.3. No author or editor .......................................................................................................39 4.1.2. Title and (if any) Subtitle.........................................................................................................39 4.1.3. Names