James Charlesworth’s two-volume Old Testament Pseudepigrapha is in some respects similar to Pritchard’s ANET (see here): both provide English translations to well-defined groups of texts from the ancient world. The main difference between the two is obvious: whereas ANET includes texts primarily from ancient Israel’s neighbors, OTP focuses on Jewish and Christian texts dated to … Continue reading Citing Text Collections 3: OTP
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Citing Text Collections 2: ANET
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (ANET), edited by James B. Pritchard, has long been a standard resource for researchers and readers who need quick access to reliable translations of ancient Near Eastern texts. Although ANET has been supplanted to some degree by more recent and extensive translation collections, one still encounters … Continue reading Citing Text Collections 2: ANET
Citing Text Collections 1
Scholarly writers often rely on references to or quotations of ancient texts to buttress and develop their arguments. When a text is not part of an accepted biblical canon, an author should cite some other publication that provides the text and/or translation of the work. This series of posts will address how the citations of … Continue reading Citing Text Collections 1
Citing Films
In general discussion, a film can be cited like a classic piece of art or a poem, that is, by artist and name. In this case, the artist is the director of the film. For example, Ironically, The Aviator could be Martin Scorsese’s ultimate exemplar for understanding how Jesus is “nothing less than one of … Continue reading Citing Films
Reallexikon der Assyriologie (RlA)
Founded by Erich Ebeling and Bruno Meissner, with the first volume published by de Gruyter in 1928, the Reallexikon der Assyriologie has long since established itself as a standard reference work in studies of the ancient Near East. According to the de Gruyter website, “The coverage of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie embraces … Continue reading Reallexikon der Assyriologie (RlA)
SBL Handbook of Style 