5. Examples of Reference Notes, Bibliographies, and Parenthetical References

In the examples below, the following abbreviations are used: N=Note; B=Bibliography; PR=Parenthetical Reference; RL=Reference List

5.1 A book by a single author:

N Thomas M. Raitt, A Theology of Exile (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977), 177.

B Raitt, Thomas M. A Theology of Exile. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.

PR (Raitt 1977, 12)

RL Raitt, Thomas M. 1977. A theology of exile. Philadelphia: Fortress.

5.2 A book by two or three authors:

N Ruth A. Tucker and Walter L. Liefeld, Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), 408.

B Tucker, Ruth A., and Walter L. Liefeld. Daughters of the Church:

Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present.

Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1987.

PR (Tucker and Liefeld 1987, 408)

RL Tucker, Ruth A., and Walter L. Liefeld. 1987. Daughters of the church:

Women and ministry from New Testament times to the present.

Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan.

5.3 A book by more than three authors:

N Bernard Brandon Scott et al., Reading New Testament Greek (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1993), 53.

B Scott, Bernard Brandon, Margaret Dean, Kristen Sparks, and Frances LaZar. Reading New Testament Greek. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1993.

PR (Scott et al 1993, 53)

RL Scott, Bernard Brandon, Margaret Dean, Kristen Sparks, and

Frances LaZar. 1993. Reading New Testament Greek.

Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson.

5.4 Editor or compiler as “author”:

N Ray C. Petry, ed., A History of Christianity, Readings in the History of the Church, Volume 1: The Early and Medieval Church (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1962; reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981), 9-10.

B Petry, Ray C., ed. A History of Christianity, Readings in the History of the Church, Volume 1: The Early and Medieval Church. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1962; reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker, 1981.

PR (Petry 1981, 9-10)

RL Petry, Ray C., ed. 1981. A history of Christianity, readings in the history

of the church, volume 1: The early and medieval church. Grand

Rapids: Baker. Original edition, New York: Prentice-Hall, 1962.

5.5 Author’s work edited by another:

N John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, ed. John T. McNeill, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960), 2:1016.

B Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Edited by John

T. McNeill, 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1960.

PR (Calvin 1960, 2:1016)

RL Calvin, John. 1960. Institutes of the Christian religion. Edited by

John T. McNeill, 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Westminster.

5.6 Author’s work translated by another:

N Broz, Svetlana, Good People in an Evil Time: Portraits of Complicity

and Resistance in the Bosnian War, ed. Laurie Kain Hart, trans. Ellen

Elias-Bursac (New York: Other Press, 2004), xxxi-xxxii.

B Broz, Svetlana. Good People in an Evil Time: Portraits of Complicity

and Resistance in the Bosnian War. Edited by Laurie Kain Hart.

Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac. New York: Other Press, 2004.

PR (Broz 2004, xxxi-xxxii)

RL Broz, Svetlana. 2004. Good people in an evil time: Portraits of complicity and resistance in the Bosnian war. Edited by Laurie Kain Hart. Translated by Ellen Elias-Bursach. New York: Other Press.