Answered By: Joni Addis
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2014     Views: 1889

Works Cited Page:

Give the name of the specific edition you are using, any editor(s) associated with it, followed by the publication information. Remember that your in-text (parenthetical citation) should include the name of the specific edition of the Bible, followed by an abbreviation of the book, the chapter and verse(s).

Example of a Works Cited page:

The New Jerusalem Bible. Ed. Susan Jones. New York: Doubleday, 1985. Print.

In-Text Citation:

In your first parenthetical citation, you want to make clear which Bible you're using (and underline or italicize the title), as each version varies in its translation, followed by book (do not italicize or underline), chapter and verse.

In-Text Citation Example:

Ezekiel saw "what seemed to be four living creatures," each with faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle (New Jerusalem Bible, Ezek. 1.5-10).

If future references employ the same edition of the Bible you’re using, list only the book, chapter, and verse in the parenthetical citation.

See https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/06/ for Works Cited help and https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ for In-Text Citation help.