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Journal Article (SBL Handbook 6.3.1-2, 6.3.10)
 
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21. Hans Wildberger, “Das Abbild Gottes: Gen 1:26–30,” TZ 21 (1965): 245– 59, 481–501.
24. Wildberger, “Das Abbild Gottes," 499.
 
Bibliography
Wildberger, Hans. “Das Abbild Gottes: Gen 1:26–30.” TZ 21 (1965): 245–59, 481–501.
 
Electronic
 
URL
 
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8. Charles Truehart, “Welcome to the Next Church ,” Atlantic Monthly 278 (August 1996): 37–58,
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96aug/nxtchrch/nxtchrch.htm.
12. Truehart, “Next Church,” 37.
 
Bibliography
Truehart, Charles. “Welcome to the Next Church.” Atlantic Monthly 278 (August 1996): 37–58.
          http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/96aug/nxtchrch/ nxtchrch.htm.
 
DOI (preferred) What is DOI?
 
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43. Carl P. E. Springer, “Of Roosters and Repetitio: Ambrose’s Aeterne rerum conditor,” VC 68 (2014): 155–77,
doi:10.1163/15700720-12341158.
45. Springer, “Of Roosters and Repetitio,” 158.
 
Bibliography
Springer, Carl P. E. “Of Roosters and Repetitio: Ambrose’s Aeterne rerum conditor.” VC 68 (2014): 155–77.           
          doi:10.1163/15700720-12341158.

Magazine Article (SBL Handbook 6.3.9)

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8. Anthony J. Saldarini, "Babatha's Story," BAR 24.2 (1998): 28-33.
10. Saldarini, "Barbatha's Story," 72-4.
 
Bibliography
Saldarini, Anthony J. "Babatha's Story," BA Review 24.2 (1998): 28-33, 36-37, 72-74.

Article in a Book (SBL Handbook 6.3.3, 6.3.6)

Article in Encyclopedia, Dictionary, or Lexicon

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33. Krister Stendahl, “Biblical Theology, Contemporary,” IDB 1:418–32. 3
6. Stendahl, “Biblical Theology,” 1:419.
 
Bibliography
Stendahl, Krister. “Biblical Theology, Contemporary.” IDB 1:418–32.
 
Journal Article Republished in a Book
 
Option 1
 
Footnotes
20. David Noel Freedman, "Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry," JBL 96 (1977): 20.
31. Freedman, "Pottery," 21.
 
Bibliography
Freedman, David Noel. "Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry." Journal of Biblical Literature
          96 (1977): 5-26.
 
Option 2
 
Footnotes
20. David Noel Freedman, "Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry," in Pottery, Poetry,
and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1980), 20.
31. Freedman, "Pottery," 21.
 
Bibliography
Freedman, David Noel. "Pottery, Poetry,and Prophecy: An Essay on Biblical Poetry." Pages 1-22 in Pottery,
          Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1980.
Review Article (SBL Handbook 6.3.4)
 
Footnotes
7. David Petersen, “Hebrew Bible Textbooks: A Review Article,” CRBR 1 (1988): 1–18.
14. Petersen, “Hebrew Bible Textbooks,” 8.
 
Bibliography
Petersen, David. “Hebrew Bible Textbooks: A Review Article.” CRBR 1 (1988): 1–18.

Paper Presented at a Professional Society Meeting (SBL Handbook 6.3.8)

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23. Susan Niditch, "Oral Culture and Written Documents" (paper presented at the annual meeting of the New
England Region of the SBL, Worcester, Mass., 25 March 1994), 13-17.
26. Niditch, "Oral Culture," 19.
 
Bibliography
Niditch, Susan. "Oral Culture and Written Documents." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England
          Region of the SBL, Worcester, MA, 25 March 1994.