In 2015 Brill published an important reference work that scholars of ancient Greek have already begun to consult regularly and to cite frequently: The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. The Brill volume, a translation of the third edition (2013) of Franco Montanari’s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca, was edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, under … Continue reading Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek
Abbreviations
Epigraphica Abbreviations
SBLHS 2 points readers to G. H. R. Horsley and John A. L. Lee’s “A Preliminary Checklist of Abbreviations of Greek Epigraphic Volumes” for a list of abbreviations to be used for Greek epigraphic resources (§6.4.3.2). Recently a blog reader alerted us to a new resource that is recommended as a replacement for Horsley and … Continue reading Epigraphica Abbreviations
Seneca the Younger’s Apocolocyntosis: A Correction
The Apocolocyntosis (“pumpkinification”) is a first-century political satire of Emperor Claudius attributed to Seneca the Younger. SBLHS 8.3.14.3 incorrectly lists the work as Apolocyntosis, which results in the incorrect abbreviation Apol. The correct form of the work and abbreviation should be as follows: Apocol. Apocolocyntosis A translation of the work by W. H. D. Rouse … Continue reading Seneca the Younger’s Apocolocyntosis: A Correction
Abbreviations Lists
Although not every work needs a list of abbreviations, it is often advisable to include such a list at the beginning of monographs and edited collections, even if one is following the SBL Handbook of Style. This allows a reader quickly to discern the meaning of a given abbreviation without consulting another source that may … Continue reading Abbreviations Lists
Philo of Alexandria
Philo of Alexandria (a.k.a. Philo Judaeus, ca. 15 BCE–50 CE) was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher. His extensive corpus is an important source of early Jewish biblical interpretations. SBLHS §8.3.6 includes guidelines for citing the works of Philo. This post updates those guidelines. 1. Name Scholars frequently refer to this writer simply as “Philo.” In most … Continue reading Philo of Alexandria
Josephus
Josephus (ca. 37–ca. 100 CE) was an early Jewish historian whose works provide a glimpse into Jewish history as it was understood in the first century CE. SBLHS 2 §8.3.7 includes guidelines for citing the works of Josephus. This post updates those guidelines and provides additional resources. 1. Abbreviations SBLHS 2 §8.3.7 provides two sets … Continue reading Josephus
Citing Text Collections 9: Kitchen’s Ramesside Inscriptions
Work on a soon-to-be-published SBL Press volume (Trimm 2017) led the copyediting team to clarify references to the various parts of Kenneth Kitchen’s Ramesside Inscriptions volumes. This involved not only determining the abbreviation scheme to follow (since neither SBLHS nor Schwertner 2014 includes abbreviations) but also clarifying what is contained in each of the three … Continue reading Citing Text Collections 9: Kitchen’s Ramesside Inscriptions
Citing Text Collections 8: NTApoc
NTApoc is a two-volume translation of the sixth edition of Neutestamentliche Apokryphen, edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. The first edition of the German work was edited by Edgar Hennecke, which explains why sometimes one encounters references to Hennecke-Schneemelcher. The current edition of NTApoc is actually the second English edition; the first was published in the mid-1960s … Continue reading Citing Text Collections 8: NTApoc
Canon Muratori/The Muratorian Fragment
A blog reader recently submitted several questions about the Canon Muratori/the Muratorian Fragment, which provides an opportunity not only to consider this document but also to discuss the preferred way to cite Schneemelcher’s New Testament Apocrypha (NTApoc). This post will discuss the Canon Muratori/the Fragment Muratori; the next post will provide details on citing NTApoc. … Continue reading Canon Muratori/The Muratorian Fragment
Corpus Caesarianum: Anatomy of an Error
A forthcoming SBL Press volume’s citation of Bellum alexandrinum led a copyeditor to check the listing of that work in the SBL Handbook of Style, which consequently uncovered a clear (but not identical) error in both editions of SBLHS. The error appears on page 146 of the current edition: The error may not be obvious … Continue reading Corpus Caesarianum: Anatomy of an Error
SBL Handbook of Style 