![]() That’s a pretty standard scholarly remark. Knowing that I was about to embark on a discussion of different passages and bibles, I added a further note in the footnote to identify this version as my default source. This was a little challenging, because the online version used did not include all necessary publication information. Because this is the first footnote of its kind, I have also given full publication information. ![]() (That said, the NRSV editors appear to have missed a step here, since in their Joel 2:28 one finds “on” rather than the “upon” of Acts 2.) Looking carefully at the preceding paragraph, you may observe that I have already used two different referencing methods. As demonstrated by cross-references in some editions, the author of Luke-Acts here quotes Joel 2:28-32. This is especially evident within the New Testament, where reported speech very often includes direct references to the Jewish scriptures.įor example, in the first sermon of the Book of Acts, Peter says: “this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: / ‘In the last days it will be, God declares, / that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh…’”. NB This blogpost converts all footnotes (found at the foot of a printed page) into endnotes (found at the end of the blogpost, after the Bibliography).Ī desire to quote from scripture is at least as old as scripture itself. This blogpost is a placeholder to help students (new specialists and non-specialists) work out how to cite the bible in academic writing–and how to fill gaps where key information is not provided. And, for optimal results in an academic context, the “version” (because translation makes all the difference). (Christian preachers are the obvious example.) We have even have an idiomatic expression that serves as a reminder of the core information needed: “chapter and verse”. Some people quote the Bible so readily that it is practically a reflex action.
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