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Title: The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies by Patrick H. Alexander, John F. Kutsko, James D. Ernest, Shirley Decker-Lucke, David L. Petersen, Society of Biblical Literature ISBN: 1-56563-487-X Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely necessary but not perfect
Comment: The SBL Handbook of style is designed for those who are writing papers or dissertations in the field of ancient Near Eastern, Biblical and early Christian Studies. Most matters of style are comprehensively addressed, and where they are not, the editors refer the reader to the Chicago Manual of Style. The book is extremely useful for those who want to standardise their abbreviations and references. Nonetheless, several issues will have to be resolved in the next edition. First, although the book is nicely printed, the binding is extremely poor, and fell apart only after I had used the book a few times. Second, several essential abbreviations are missing from the list of Greek and Latin works. Third, not all abbreviations are located in the same part of the book, and so one has to keep going backwards and forwards to find the appropriate reference. Fourth, the editors sometimes display a dogmatic approach to style and appear at least to this reader to be a inflexible. For example they insist that writers ought to use Miriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for their spelling. This dictionary however is only one alongside many other excellent dictionaries such as, the American Heritage, and the Random House. These criticisms should not detract from the importance and usefulness of this volume, which I recommend wholeheartedly.
Rating: 5
Summary: The New Standard
Comment: This easy-to-use, inexpensive volume is a must-own for all who write in the fields of biblical and ancient near eastern studies. College and seminary students, graduate students, teachers, and researchers will find this book a fine substitute for Turabian and/or the CMOS for all but the most obscure situations. The discipline-specific nature of the work also allows greater depth of coverage without making it overlong. Get it today, or be behind the standard tomorrow.
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Title: The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition by University of Chicago Press Staff ISBN: 0226104036 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Kate L. Turabian ISBN: 0226816273 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Handbook of Biblical Criticism by Richard N. Soulen, R. Kendall Soulen ISBN: 0664223141 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Backgrounds of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson ISBN: 0802822215 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $36.00 |
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Title: Paul and the Jews (Library of Pauline Studies) by A. Andrew Das ISBN: 1565636767 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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