Sacred text

In-text citation

“If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink” (Oxford Annotated Bible, Prov. 25.21).

Explain

When citing a sacred text such as the Bible or the Qur’an, in your parenthetical citation, give the book, chapter, and verse (or their equivalent), separated by periods. Common abbreviations for books of the Bible are acceptable. Name the edition you are using in your works cited entry.

Works cited entry

The Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha. Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger. New York: Oxford UP, 1965. Print. Rev. Standard Vers.

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