At present, Zotero’s “date” field doesn’t properly handle publications made over a range of years (e.g., 1950–1960). Instead of including the full range in the corresponding note or bibliography entry, only the first year of the range would be presented (e.g., 1950). There is, however, a workaround that depends on entering the following syntax in an item’s “extra” field: issued: [first year]/[last year] Thus, for example, if the extra field has issued: 1950/1960 Zotero would properly output a range of publication dates “1950–1960.” According to the, “better support for various date formats in the Date field itself is planned,” but there hasn’t been any indication of when this might be forthcoming. Until then, this workaround should prove immensely useful for these kinds of situations. For other discussion of Zotero, see.

The, contains fairly sparse treatment of how to cite lexicographic sources (§6.3.7), and none of the provided examples address how to cite standard lexica for the biblical languages (e.g., BDAG, HALOT). This clarification is supplied in a. Footnoted citations should follow a form like: BDAG, s.v. [entry] HALOT, s.v. [entry] The lexicon abbreviation is italicized or not depending on whether it abbreviates the lexicon’s title or the initials of the parties responsible for the work.

For additional examples, information, and discussion, please see the full post on. Faithlife has specifically for faculty,, which focuses on issues related to theological education. The primary editor is, and the editorial board includes Karen Jobes, Randolph Richards, Beth Stovell, and Douglas Sweeney. The inaugural issue includes authors and topics of broad interest: • Mark Noll talks about teaching with expertise and empathy. • Craig Evans, Jennifer Powell McNutt, and Fred Sanders write about recent trends in biblical archaeology, church history, and theology (respectively). • Grant Osborne shares wisdom from his 40-year teaching career. • Craig Keener writes about writing.

• Jan Verbruggen covers some fascinating research into the earliest alphabet (and it’s not Phoenician). • Joanne Jung has written a helpful article on how to write effective prompts for online discussions. • Darrell Bock discusses an overlooked area of NT studies. • Stephen Witmer, an adjunct at Gordon-Conwell, shares solid insights about the synergy between teaching and pastoring. Interested faculty can find more information and subscribe on the or the journal’s announcement on the. The (CMS) has been updated to its 17th edition (2017). According to the second edition of the (SBLHS), Currently in its 16th edition, The Chicago Manual of Style remains the most comprehensive general authority on editorial style and publishing practices.

Answers to questions not addressed in this handbook may be found there. (§3.3) The reference to CMS’s “current” edition raises the possibility that a new CMS edition may occasion a change in the CMS edition best followed by users of SBLHS2. In addition, on noting the release of CMS17, SBL Press commented that based on the Chicago Manual of Style, this new edition will no doubt prompt changes to our own style. We will announce relevant changes on this blog in the coming months. This comment made it sound like changes might be affected in SBL style before the release of SBLHS3 simply based on the release of CMS17. On reaching out to the ever-helpful folks at SBL Press, they’ve confirmed that Our deference to CMS in matters not explicitly covered in SBLHS2 or on the SBLHS2 blog automatically upgrades to the most current version of CMS.

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Thus, as of September 1, 2017, we now defer to CMS 17th ed. For the balance of the SBL Press’s note about CMS17, see the.

For more information about CMS17 or to order a copy, see the,, or other booksellers. Provides a straight-forward, free time tracking utility that works on both Windows and OS X. The utility allows commenting on each session tracked (e.g., words written during that session). It also allows export via CSV, from where to see how well progress is going. By default, TopTracker will upload screenshots periodically while it’s running, but this feature can be disabled and other elements customized in the program’s settings. For other similar utilities, see the.

For additional discussion of the value of tracking writing progress or other “deep work,” see Paul Silvia’s book or Cal Newport’s. One of the less-than-ideal features of using an iOS device for editing or producing documents in Biblical Studies has been the difficulty of getting standard biblical language fonts (e.g., ) to work on the device.

There are now, however, at least a couple solutions: • has discussed how can resolve the issue successfully and allow users to install SBL BibLit (or other fonts) onto iOS devices and use them within standard productivity tools (e.g., Pages, Word, Keynote, PowerPoint). In the App Store, AnyFont goes for $1.99. • On the freemium side of things, will also do the same thing. Fonteer’s free version allows users to install. So, if you anticipate only using this number or fewer, the free version will do the job.

Fonteer premium (also $1.99 via in-app purchase) allows unlimited fonts to be installed. Below is an example of Fonteer working with a draft excerpt from my essay in. Posts navigation.

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