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    <title>SBL Handbook of Style 2nd edition (notes)</title>
    <title-short>Society of Biblical Literature (SBLHS)</title-short>
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    <link href="https://sblhs2.com" rel="documentation"/>
    <link href="https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt14bs6ct" rel="documentation"/>
    <link href="https://archive.org/details/sblhandbookofsty0000unse_g7i4" rel="documentation"/>
    <author>
      <name>Julian Onions</name>
      <email>julian.onions@gmail.com</email>
    </author>
    <contributor>
      <name>Simon Kornblith</name>
      <email>simon@simonster.com</email>
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>Elena Razlogova</name>
      <email>elena.razlogova@gmail.com</email>
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>Sebastian Karcher</name>
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>Tyler Mykkanen</name>
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>J. David Stark</name>
      <email>david@jdavidstark.com</email>
      <uri>https://www.jdavidstark.com/</uri>
    </contributor>
    <contributor>
      <name>Andrew Dunning</name>
      <uri>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0464-5036</uri>
    </contributor>
    <category citation-format="note"/>
    <category field="theology"/>
    <summary>Society of Biblical Literature format with full notes and bibliography</summary>
    <updated>2026-02-07T15:28:31+00:00</updated>
    <rights license="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License</rights>
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        <if variable="original-publisher">
          <group delimiter=": ">
            <!-- place of publication no longer included: <https://sblhs2.com/2025/12/05/publisher-locations/> -->
            <!-- <text variable="original-publisher-place"/> -->
            <text variable="original-publisher"/>
          </group>
        </if>
        <else>
          <text variable="original-publisher-place"/>
        </else>
      </choose>
      <choose>
        <if is-uncertain-date="original-date">
          <date variable="original-date" form="numeric" date-parts="year" prefix="[" suffix="?]"/>
        </if>
        <else>
          <date variable="original-date" form="numeric" date-parts="year"/>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="reprint-note">
    <!--needs localization-->
    <choose>
      <if variable="original-date issued" match="all">
        <choose>
          <!--Omission of the reprint abbreviation in notes is incorrect. See SBLHS2 §6.2.17&#8211;18.-->
          <if variable="original-publisher original-publisher-place" match="any">
            <text value="repr."/>
          </if>
        </choose>
      </if>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="reprint">
    <!--needs localization-->
    <choose>
      <if variable="original-date issued" match="all">
        <text value="repr." text-case="capitalize-first"/>
      </if>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="publisher">
    <choose>
      <if type="thesis" variable="publisher">
        <text variable="publisher"/>
      </if>
      <else-if variable="publisher">
        <group delimiter=": ">
          <!-- place of publication no longer included: <https://sblhs2.com/2025/12/05/publisher-locations/> -->
          <!-- <text variable="publisher-place"/> -->
          <text variable="publisher"/>
        </group>
      </else-if>
      <else>
        <text variable="publisher-place"/>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="issued">
    <choose>
      <if variable="issued">
        <choose>
          <if type="graphic report" match="any">
            <date variable="issued">
              <!-- Use day month year format per SBLHS2 §4.3.7.1. -->
              <date-part name="day" suffix=" "/>
              <date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
              <date-part name="year"/>
            </date>
          </if>
          <else-if type="legal_case">
            <text variable="authority" suffix=" "/>
            <date variable="issued">
              <date-part name="year"/>
            </date>
          </else-if>
          <else-if type="bill book chapter graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture paper-conference report song thesis article-journal" match="any">
            <date variable="issued">
              <date-part name="year"/>
            </date>
          </else-if>
          <else>
            <date variable="issued">
              <date-part name="day" suffix=" "/>
              <date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
              <date-part name="year"/>
            </date>
          </else>
        </choose>
      </if>
      <else>
        <text term="no date" form="short"/>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="point-locators-subsequent">
    <group>
      <choose>
        <if locator="page" match="none">
          <choose>
            <if type="bill book graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture report song" match="any">
              <group delimiter=", ">
                <group delimiter=" ">
                  <text term="volume" form="short"/>
                  <number variable="volume" form="numeric"/>
                </group>
                <!-- When section-based citations are used, SBL prefers no space following the section symbol(s). E.g., https://sblhs2.com/2017/04/20/citing-reference-works-7-greek-language-tools/ -->
                <choose>
                  <if locator="section">
                    <group>
                      <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
                      <text variable="locator"/>
                    </group>
                  </if>
                  <else>
                    <group delimiter=" ">
                      <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
                      <!-- Adds quotes around the locator when the type is sub-verbo per https://sblhs2.com/2017/03/30/citing-reference-works-2-lexica/ -->
                      <choose>
                        <if locator="sub-verbo">
                          <text variable="locator" quotes="true"/>
                        </if>
                        <else>
                          <text variable="locator"/>
                        </else>
                      </choose>
                    </group>
                  </else>
                </choose>
              </group>
            </if>
            <else>
              <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </else>
          </choose>
        </if>
        <else-if variable="volume">
          <choose>
            <if type="book" variable="collection-title" match="all">
              <!--Filter SBL 6.2.21-->
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </if>
            <else-if type="chapter" variable="container-title" match="all">
              <!--Filter SBL 6.2.23-->
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </else-if>
            <else-if type="chapter" variable="collection-title" position="subsequent" match="all">
              <!--Filter SBL 6.2.22-->
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </else-if>
            <else-if type="article-journal">
              <!--Filter SBL 6.3.1-->
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </else-if>
            <else>
              <group delimiter=":">
                <number variable="volume" form="numeric"/>
                <text variable="locator"/>
              </group>
            </else>
          </choose>
        </else-if>
        <else>
          <text variable="locator"/>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="point-locators">
    <choose>
      <if variable="locator" match="none">
        <text macro="pages"/>
      </if>
      <else-if type="article-journal">
        <!-- Add support for individually paginated, electronic journal articles per https://sblhs2.com/2018/05/03/electronic-journals-with-individually-paginated-articles/ -->
        <choose>
          <if variable="number">
            <group delimiter=" " prefix=": ">
              <text term="article-journal" form="short"/>
              <text variable="number"/>
            </group>
            <group prefix=", ">
              <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
              <text variable="locator"/>
            </group>
          </if>
          <else>
            <text variable="locator" prefix=": "/>
          </else>
        </choose>
      </else-if>
      <else-if type="entry-dictionary entry-encyclopedia" match="any">
        <choose>
          <if position="first" match="all">
            <text macro="point-locators-subsequent" prefix=" "/>
            <!-- Per SBLHS2 §6.3.6, the first reference will, by definition have the dictionary title or abbreviation preceding the locators, volume number included. No comma should appear after the title or abbreviation and before the locators. -->
          </if>
          <else>
            <text macro="point-locators-subsequent" prefix=", "/>
            <!--SBL 6.3.6 prefers comma in subsequent entries before vol info.-->
          </else>
        </choose>
      </else-if>
      <else>
        <text macro="point-locators-subsequent" prefix=", "/>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="pages">
    <choose>
      <if type="article-journal">
        <!-- Add support for individually paginated, electronic journal articles per https://sblhs2.com/2018/05/03/electronic-journals-with-individually-paginated-articles/ -->
        <choose>
          <if variable="number">
            <text term="article-journal" form="short" prefix=": "/>
            <text variable="number" prefix=" " suffix=", "/>
            <choose>
              <if variable="locator">
                <label variable="locator" form="short"/>
                <text variable="locator"/>
              </if>
              <else-if variable="page">
                <label variable="page" form="short"/>
                <text variable="page"/>
              </else-if>
              <else>
                <!-- Is there not a term for "no page"? See SBLHS2 §8.1.3 and CMS17 §10.42 where the same abbreviation applies to "no place," "no publisher," and "no page." -->
                <text value="n.p."/>
              </else>
            </choose>
          </if>
          <else>
            <choose>
              <if variable="locator">
                <text variable="locator" prefix=": "/>
              </if>
              <else>
                <text variable="page" prefix=": "/>
              </else>
            </choose>
          </else>
        </choose>
      </if>
      <else-if type="chapter paper-conference entry-dictionary entry-encyclopedia" match="any">
        <choose>
          <if variable="volume">
            <choose>
              <if type="chapter" variable="container-title" match="all">
                <!--Filter SBL 6.2.23-->
                <text variable="page" prefix=", "/>
              </if>
              <else-if type="chapter" variable="collection-title" position="subsequent" match="all">
                <!--Filter SBL 6.2.22-->
                <text variable="page" prefix=", "/>
              </else-if>
              <else>
                <number variable="volume" prefix=" " suffix=":"/>
                <text variable="page"/>
              </else>
            </choose>
          </if>
          <else>
            <text variable="page" prefix=", "/>
          </else>
        </choose>
      </else-if>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="locators-journal">
    <choose>
      <if type="article-journal">
        <!-- Add support for individually paginated, electronic journal articles per https://sblhs2.com/2018/05/03/electronic-journals-with-individually-paginated-articles/ -->
        <choose>
          <if variable="number">
            <text term="article-journal" form="short" prefix=": "/>
            <text variable="number" prefix=" " suffix=", "/>
            <choose>
              <if variable="page">
                <label variable="page" form="short"/>
                <text variable="page"/>
              </if>
              <else>
                <!-- Is there not a term for "no page"? See SBLHS2 §8.1.3 and CMS17 §10.42 where the same abbreviation applies to "no place," "no publisher," and "no page." -->
                <text value="n.p."/>
              </else>
            </choose>
          </if>
          <else>
            <text variable="page" prefix=": "/>
          </else>
        </choose>
      </if>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="archive-note">
    <group delimiter=", ">
      <text variable="archive_location"/>
      <text variable="archive"/>
      <text variable="archive-place"/>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="archive">
    <group delimiter=". ">
      <text variable="archive_location" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
      <text variable="archive"/>
      <text variable="archive-place"/>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="issue-note">
    <choose>
      <if type="article-journal">
        <text variable="volume" prefix=" "/>
        <text variable="issue" prefix="."/>
        <text macro="issued" prefix=" (" suffix=")"/>
      </if>
      <else-if variable="publisher-place publisher" match="any">
        <group prefix=" (" suffix=")">
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <group delimiter=" ">
              <text macro="event-note"/>
              <group delimiter="">
                <text macro="originally-published" suffix="; "/>
                <group delimiter=", ">
                  <text macro="reprint-note"/>
                  <choose>
                    <if variable="title" match="none"/>
                    <else-if type="thesis" match="any">
                      <text variable="genre"/>
                    </else-if>
                  </choose>
                  <text macro="publisher"/>
                </group>
                <text macro="issued" prefix=", "/>
              </group>
            </group>
          </group>
        </group>
      </else-if>
      <else>
        <text macro="issued" prefix=", "/>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="issue">
    <choose>
      <if type="article-journal">
        <text macro="issued" prefix=" (" suffix=")"/>
      </if>
      <else-if type="speech">
        <choose>
          <if variable="title" match="none"/>
          <else>
            <text variable="genre" text-case="capitalize-first" prefix=". "/>
          </else>
        </choose>
        <text macro="event" prefix=" "/>
        <text variable="event-place" prefix=". "/>
        <text macro="issued" prefix=", "/>
      </else-if>
      <else-if variable="publisher-place publisher" match="any">
        <group prefix=". " delimiter=", ">
          <choose>
            <if type="thesis">
              <text variable="genre" text-case="capitalize-first"/>
            </if>
          </choose>
          <group delimiter=". ">
            <text macro="originally-published"/>
            <group delimiter=", ">
              <text macro="reprint"/>
              <text macro="publisher"/>
            </group>
          </group>
          <text macro="issued"/>
        </group>
      </else-if>
      <else>
        <text macro="issued" prefix=", "/>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="access-note">
    <group delimiter=", ">
      <choose>
        <if type="graphic report" match="any">
          <text macro="archive-note"/>
        </if>
        <else-if type="article-journal article-magazine article-newspaper bill book chapter graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture paper-conference report song thesis" match="none">
          <text macro="archive-note"/>
        </else-if>
      </choose>
      <!-- SBL style uses DOIs and URLs when the resource is electronic. SBLHS2 §§ 6.1.6, 6.2.25, 6.3.10, 6.4.13&#8211;14. If a resource has physical dimensions, however, it is not electronic. So, DOI or URL output should be bypassed. -->
      <choose>
        <if variable="dimensions"/>
        <else>
          <!-- Per SBLHS2 §6.3.10, allows either DOI or URL or both to be included. -->
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <text variable="DOI" prefix="https://doi.org/"/>
            <text variable="URL"/>
          </group>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="access">
    <group delimiter=". ">
      <choose>
        <if type="graphic report" match="any">
          <text macro="archive"/>
        </if>
        <else-if type="article-journal article-magazine article-newspaper bill book chapter graphic legal_case legislation motion_picture paper-conference report song thesis" match="none">
          <text macro="archive"/>
        </else-if>
      </choose>
      <!-- SBL style uses DOIs and URLs when the resource is electronic. SBLHS2 §§6.1.6, 6.2.25, 6.3.10, 6.4.13&#8211;14. If a resource has physical dimensions, however, it is not electronic. So, DOI or URL output should be bypassed. -->
      <choose>
        <if variable="dimensions"/>
        <else>
          <!-- Per SBLHS2 §6.3.10, allows either DOI or URL or both to be included. -->
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <text variable="DOI" prefix="https://doi.org/"/>
            <text variable="URL"/>
          </group>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="unsigned-dictionary-note">
    <group delimiter=", ">
      <group>
        <!-- Removed uppercase per https://sblhs2.com/2017/05/16/citing-reference-works-8-english-language-dictionaries/ -->
        <text variable="container-title" font-style="italic"/>
        <number variable="volume" prefix=" "/>
        <text variable="collection-title" text-case="uppercase"/>
        <text variable="collection-number" prefix=" "/>
      </group>
      <group delimiter=" ">
        <text term="sub-verbo" form="short"/>
        <text variable="title" text-case="title" quotes="true"/>
      </group>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <macro name="signed-dictionary-note">
    <choose>
      <if position="subsequent">
        <group delimiter=", ">
          <text macro="contributors-short"/>
          <text macro="title-short"/>
          <text macro="point-locators-subsequent"/>
        </group>
      </if>
      <else>
        <group delimiter="">
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <text macro="contributors-note"/>
            <text macro="title-note"/>
            <text macro="container-title-note"/>
          </group>
          <text macro="point-locators"/>
        </group>
      </else>
    </choose>
  </macro>
  <macro name="signed-dictionary-bib">
    <group delimiter="">
      <group delimiter=". ">
        <text macro="contributors"/>
        <text macro="title-note"/>
        <text macro="container-title-note"/>
      </group>
      <text macro="point-locators"/>
    </group>
  </macro>
  <citation et-al-min="4" et-al-use-first="1" disambiguate-add-names="true">
    <layout suffix="." delimiter="; ">
      <choose>
        <!-- Support custom citations via the annote variable. For discussion, see https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/317370 -->
        <if variable="annote">
          <choose>
            <!-- For situations like citation of lexica per https://sblhs2.com/2017/03/30/citing-reference-works-2-lexica/. -->
            <if locator="sub-verbo">
              <group delimiter=", ">
                <text variable="annote"/>
                <text macro="point-locators-subsequent"/>
              </group>
            </if>
            <!-- For situations like citation of collections like (M)OTP per https://sblhs2.com/2017/06/08/citing-text-collections-3-otp/ and https://sblhs2.com/2017/06/22/citing-text-collections-3-motp/. -->
            <else>
              <group delimiter=" ">
                <text variable="annote"/>
                <text macro="point-locators-subsequent"/>
              </group>
            </else>
          </choose>
        </if>
        <!-- Lexicon/Dictionary/Encyclopedia -->
        <else-if type="entry-dictionary entry-encyclopedia" match="any">
          <choose>
            <if match="none" variable="author">
              <!-- Unsigned Lexicon/Dictionary/Encyclopedia -->
              <text macro="unsigned-dictionary-note"/>
            </if>
            <else>
              <!-- Signed Lexicon/Dictionary/Encyclopedia -->
              <text macro="signed-dictionary-note"/>
            </else>
          </choose>
        </else-if>
        <!-- Not Lexicon/Dictionary/Encyclopedia -->
        <else-if position="subsequent">
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <text macro="contributors-short"/>
            <text macro="title-short"/>
            <!-- Exclude secondary contributors in subsequent citations per SBLHS2 §6. -->
            <text macro="disambiguate-chapter"/>
            <text macro="point-locators-subsequent"/>
          </group>
        </else-if>
        <else>
          <group delimiter=", ">
            <text macro="contributors-note"/>
            <text macro="title-note"/>
            <text macro="description-note"/>
            <text macro="secondary-contributors-note"/>
            <text macro="container-title-note"/>
            <text macro="container-contributors-note"/>
            <choose>
              <if variable="volume collection-title" match="all">
                <!--If Volume # and collection-title -->
                <group delimiter=" ">
                  <!--Added group to prevent comma between vol # of...and collection-title-->
                  <text macro="locators-note"/>
                  <text macro="collection-title-note"/>
                </group>
              </if>
              <else>
                <text macro="locators-note"/>
                <text macro="collection-title-note"/>
              </else>
            </choose>
            <text macro="collection-editor-note"/>
          </group>
          <text macro="issue-note"/>
          <choose>
            <if type="book" match="any">
              <text variable="medium" prefix=", "/>
            </if>
          </choose>
          <text macro="locators-newspaper" prefix=", "/>
          <text macro="point-locators"/>
          <text macro="access-note" prefix=", "/>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </layout>
  </citation>
  <bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="10" et-al-use-first="9" subsequent-author-substitute="&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;" entry-spacing="0">
    <sort>
      <key macro="contributors-sort"/>
      <key macro="title"/>
      <key variable="genre"/>
    </sort>
    <layout suffix=".">
      <choose>
        <!-- Dictionary -->
        <if type="entry-dictionary entry-encyclopedia" match="any">
          <choose>
            <if match="none" variable="author">
              <!-- Unsigned Not Listed -->
            </if>
            <else>
              <!-- Signed -->
              <text macro="signed-dictionary-bib"/>
            </else>
          </choose>
        </if>
        <!-- Not Dictionary -->
        <else>
          <group delimiter=". ">
            <text macro="contributors"/>
            <text macro="title"/>
            <text macro="description"/>
            <text macro="secondary-contributors"/>
            <text macro="container-title"/>
            <text macro="container-contributors"/>
          </group>
          <choose>
            <if variable="volume collection-title" match="all">
              <!--If Volume # and collection-title -->
              <text macro="locators"/>
              <text macro="collection-title" text-case="title" prefix=" "/>
            </if>
            <else>
              <text macro="locators"/>
              <text macro="collection-title" text-case="title" prefix=". "/>
            </else>
          </choose>
          <text macro="collection-editor"/>
          <text macro="issue"/>
          <text macro="locators-newspaper" prefix=", "/>
          <text macro="locators-journal"/>
          <choose>
            <if type="book" match="any">
              <text variable="medium" prefix=". "/>
            </if>
          </choose>
          <text macro="access" prefix=". "/>
        </else>
      </choose>
    </layout>
  </bibliography>
</style>
