It is not customary to use periods after abbreviated book names. At the end of the sentence where youve paraphrased or quoted the bible, place a parenthetical citation inside the closing punctuation. Create customised interactive examples of apa references and intext citations with this online tool. List the book title, chapter, and verse in your parenthetical citation. Citing the bible citing in apa format 6th edition libguides at. How to reference books and book chapters in an apa reference list. How to reference a religious text in apa style cite this. An apa reference page listing requires different information and formatting depending on whether the entire book is written by one author or authors or is an edited anthology of chapters by different authors. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that.
For classical works, apa requires no citation in the reference list. When citing chapter or chapter and verse, abbreviate books of the bible unless. After that, simply list the chapter and verse unless youre quoting from a different version. Do not include the bible as a resource in your reference list unless your teacher instructs you to. Apa citation style citation information for citing a book chapter. The equivalent resource for the older apa 6 style can be found here. Cite future references to biblical verses with just the book, chapter and verse s but not the bible version, unless you change the version you are citing. This page reflects the latest version of the apa publication manual i. If you have an openaccess ebook, you may provide the url at the end, provided it directly takes you to the full text without logging in. These elements are enough to guide the readers in locating specific information from the bible since its sections are standardized for all editions. For a complete list of how to cite print sources, please refer to the 7 th edition of the apa. Version 6 is the most recent version, as of june 2010. Three, four or five authors if a work has three 3, four 4 or five 5 authors, cite all authors the first time and from then on. This video looks at how to cite a book following the guidelines for apa version 6.
Apa style citing the bible and other biblical resources henry. Authors last name of chapter, year, page number references. Easybib reference guide to chapter citation in apa format. How to cite a book, chapter, and title in apa format pen. Abbreviations are customary for citing book and chapter with specific verses. Start by typing the title of the book of the bible, then type the chapter and verse. If you use a chapter in an edited book, cite as specifically as possible. The 7th edition of apa does not differentiate between the format of the books, print or electronic. When quoting or paraphrasing from a particular section of scripture, add the book, chapter, and verse to your citation rather the page number. Biblical citations apa style 7th edition citation guide libguides. How to cite bible verses in apa format pen and the pad. Bible passages only need to be cited in the text of your paper. When quoting or paraphrasing specific excerpts from the text, include the relevant names andor numbers of chaptersverseslines in your.
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