NOTES-BIBLIOGRAPHY STYLE

• Author / Editor
• Title (Sub-title)
• Edition
• Volume
• Series
• Facts of Publication
(Place: Publisher, Year)
• Page Number

FORM of Footnotes and Bibliography

Author, Title: Subtitle (Place: Publisher, Year), page.

, ( : , ), .

Surname, name. Title: Subtitle. Place: Publisher, Year.

, . . : , .

One author
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Peter Ackroyd, Exile and Restoration (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1968), 45.

Ackroyd, Peter. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1968.

Editor instead of author

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James C. VanderKam, ed., The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity
(Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996), 35.

VanderKam, James C., ed. The Jewish Apocalyptic Heritage in Early Christianity.
Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996.

Two / Three Authors

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Bruce Malina and Jerome H. Neyrey, Portraits of Paul: An Archaeology of Ancient
Personality (Louisville: John Knox, 1996), 134.

Malina, Bruce, and Jerome H. Neyrey. Portraits of Paul: An Archaeology of Ancient

Personality. Louisville: John Knox, 1996.

More than three authors

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Willem A. VanGemeren et al., The Law, the Gospel, and the Modern Christian
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993), 78.

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VanGemeren, Willem A., Greg L. Bahnsen, Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Wayne G. Strickland, and
Douglas Moo. The Law, the Gospel, and the Modern Christian. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 1993.
et al. (et alii)= and others
Second edition = 2nd ed.
Revised edition = rev. ed.
Expanded = expanded
ed. = editor/edition
trans. = translator
eds. = editors/editions

Corporate author
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Southern Baptist Convention, Annual of the Southern Baptist Convention (Nashville:
Southern Baptist Convention, 1975), 25.

Southern Baptist Convention. Annual of the Southern Baptist Convention. Nashville:

Southern Baptist Convention, 1975.

One source quoted in another

N.
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Roland Barthes, Image/Music/Text (New York: Hill & Wang, 1977), 147, quoted in
Wayne C. Booth, Critical Understanding: The Powers and Limits of Pluralism (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1979), 372-73.

Barthes, Roland. Image/Music/Text. New York: Hill& Wang, 1977, 147. Quoted in Wayne
C. Booth, Critical Understanding: The Powers and Limits of Pluralism. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1979.

Parts of edited collections

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Richard M. Davidson, “Headship, Submission, and Equality in Scripture,” in Women
in Ministry: Biblical and Historical Perspectives, ed. Nancy Vyhmeister (Berrien Springs,
MI: Andrews University Press, 1998), 226.

Davidson, Richard M. “Headship, Submission, and Equality in Scripture.” In Women in

Ministry: Biblical and Historical Perspectives, edited by Nancy Vyhmeister, 259-295.
Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1998.

Multivolume Work
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Jaroslav Pelikan, Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700), vol. 5 of
The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1989), 16.

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Pelikan, Jaroslav. Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700). Vol. 5 of The
Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1989.

Multivolume as a Whole
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Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, vol. 1 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1951), 16.
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Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, vol. 3 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1963), 20.
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Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, vol. 2 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1957), 42.

Tillich, Paul. Systematic Theology. 3 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951-63.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th ed., s.v. “salvation.”
s.v. (sub verba, sub voce)= under the title of
Encyclopaedia Britannica. 15th ed. S.v. “salvation.”

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Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary, rev. ed. (Nashville: Nelson, 1995), s.v.
“angel.”

Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Rev. ed. Nashville: Nelson, 1995. S.v. “angel.”

Commentaries (Multivolume)

Fred B. Craddock, “The Letter to the Hebrews: Introduction, Commentary, and

Reflections,” New Interpreter’s Bible, 12 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998), 12:75.

Craddock, Fred B. “The Letter to the Hebrews: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections.”
New Interpreter’s Bible.12 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998. 12:3-75.

Commentaries (Series )

Edward R. Campbell, Ruth, Anchor Bible 7 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975), 27.

Campbell, Edward R. Ruth. Anchor Bible 7. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975.

Douglas Stuart, Hosea - Jonah, Word Biblical Commentary 31 (Waco, Texas: Word
Books, 1987), 293.

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Stuart, Douglas. Hosea - Jonah. Word Biblical Commentary 31. Waco, Texas: Word Books,
1987.

Magazine
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Bruce Weber, “The Myth Maker: The Creative Mind of Novelist E. L. Doctorw,”
New York Times Magazine, October 20, 1985, 42.

Weber, Bruce. “The Myth Maker: The Creative Mind of Novelist E. L. Doctorw.” New York
Times Magazine, October 20, 1985.

Journal
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Matt Jackson-McCabe, “The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James,” Journal
of Biblical Literature 122, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 701.

Jackson-McCabe, Matt. “The Messiah Jesus in the Mythic World of James.” Journal of
Biblical Literature 122, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 701-730.

Theses and Dissertations

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Andrew Macmillan, “Abraham Our Father: Paul’s Voice in the Covenantal Debate
of the Second Temple Period” (PhD diss., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1997), 189.

Macmillan, Andrew. “Abraham Our Father: Paul’s Voice in the Covenantal Debate of the
Second Temple Period.” PhD diss., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1997.

INTERNET SOURCES

W. Pakenham Walsh, “William Carey: India,1793-1834” http://www.wholesome

words.org/missions/bcarey9.html (accessed June 5, 2014).

Walsh, W. Pakenham. “William Carey: India,1793-1834.” http://www.wholesome

words.org/missions/bcarey9.html (accessed June 5, 2014).

Class Presentation

Thomas Nelson, “Music and Christian Worship” (paper presented at the MDiv class,
Myanmar Institute of Theology, Yangon, November 22, 2009).

Nelson, Thomas. “Music and Christian Worship.” Paper presented at the MDiv class,
Myanmar Institute of Theology, Yangon, November 22, 2009.

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 Lectures

John Troutman, “Ethics in the Bible” (lecture, MDiv Class, Myanmar Institute of
Theology, Yangon, February 2, 2009).

Troutman, John. “Ethics in the Bible.” Lecture, MDiv Class, Myanmar Institute of Theology,
Yangon, February 2, 2009.

Interviews
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Thang Cin Lian, Director, Theological Education Department, MBC, interview by
author, Yangon, July15, 2013.

Thang Cin Lian. Director, Theological Education Department, MBC. Interview by author,
Yangon, July15, 2013.

Paper Setup

Paper size
 A 4 80 gms.
 Portrait
Margins at
 Bottom, and right 1.2”
 Top & Left 1.5”
Spacing
 Double spacing
Font
 Times New Roman / 12 points

Page Number

 Top center / same font as body text

 First page / chapter or major section bottom of page
 INTRODUCTION is page 1
 Preliminary pages: bottom, center, Roman number (small)

Title and Headings

 Chapter or major headings, introduction, bibliography, appendixes = 2” from top.

 Title longer than 4.75” must be divided: longer part on the first line, single space.
 Chapter titles are in caps and bold.

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 Direct Quotations

 Quotations are single spaced

 Indented .4 inches from each margin
 One point smaller than the body text

Part of the Thesis

 Title page
 Approval
 Table of Contents
 List of Illustrations
 Acknowledgements
 List of Abbreviations
 Introduction
 Main body of the paper
 Summary and Conclusions
 Appendixes
 Bibliography