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The SBL Handbook of Style is the definitive style manual on writing and publishing in the field of biblical studies and related disciplines. The updated second edition reflects the latest practices and trends among scholars, editors, and publishers. It also includes key style changes, expanded abbreviation and spelling sample lists, a list of archaeological site names, material on qur’anic...

Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy, by Walter Brueggemann, approaches the subject using “the metaphor and imagery of a courtroom trial.” Be careful not to omit the second in a pair of commas in cases such as the following: Judas returned on Nisan 21, 164 BCE, from his trip to … The emperor’s behavior offended even Roman sensibilities when, for example, he immolated scores of innocent Christians. Scholars are, generally speaking, inclined to dismiss
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