GIA PUBLICATION STYLE GUIDE

ARTICLE SUBMISSION METHOD

Please submit articles by email with images attached separate files in JPG format (in a high a resolution as possible).

For all basic matters of style not listed here, please conform to the SBL Handbook of Style (on which this style guide is 

based), which is available in .pdf format on the SBL website.

FORMATTING
Basic Layout

v Measurement to be used for formatting purposes is centimetres (cm).

v Page margins should be set at 3cm left and right margins, 2cm top margin and 1.27cm bottom margin.

v The body of the text should be set in Garamond 12 pt, and footnotes should be set in Garamond 10 pt.

v All Hebrew text should use ‘Aramaic’ square letters rather than transliteration. Unpointed consonants are to be 

       preferred, unless the pointing is necessary in context. All Hebrew Text should use SBL Hebrew (with is available 

       for free download from the SBL website).

v All Greek text should use the Greek alphabet rather than transliteration. 

v All Greek text should be in the font SPIonic, available on the SBL website.

v All other non-Roman alphabet languages should use the standard English transliteration for that language, unless necessary 

       in context.

BODY OF TEXT
Title Page

v All manuscripts should begin with a separate sheet, containing the citation information as follows, set at the left margin:

	Title of the Paper
    	Subtitle
    	Space
    	Author Name (italics)
    	University

      For example:

    	Paradise Lost
    	A Very Long Poem

    	John Milton
    	Independent Scholar

Line Spacing

Line spacing for main body of text should be 1.5 spaces. Paragraphs should begin with an indent, and have no space following. 

Main Section headings should be bold and subheadings in italics. Do not justify text.

FOOTNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Citations

v DO NOT use formatting programmes (such as Endnote) as these prevent us from integrating the articles into one 

       document.  Bibliography, footnotes and endnotes must be set out manually.

v Footnotes should be used rather than in-text citation or endnotes. First citation should include complete bibliographic 

       information; subsequent citations need cite only author and a short title, ie:

        Cf. John Doe. A Scholarly Book: Subtitle (City: Publisher, Year), pp. x-xx.
        Doe, Book, pp. x-xx.

v A complete bibliography of all works cited should be included on the page following the last page of text in the article, 

       formatted according the SBL/MLA format and listed alphabetically according to author and title: 

        Cf. Doe, John. A Scholarly Book: Subtitle. XZYR 34. City: Publisher, year.
        Doe, Kristina. Another Book. City: Publisher, year.

v Substantial in-text quotations should be indented 1 cm from the main body of the text on both sides and single spaced. 

       If the quotation is in a non-English language, it should be accompanied in text with an English translation.

v Biblical quotations in English should use the NRSV, unless another translation is pertinent to the argument.

v Biblical citations should be abbreviated (following SBL 8.3) and not followed by a period.

v Names of Presses should follow SBL 7.1.4.1 except university presses which should be abbreviated as Oxford 

       Univ Press. For state abbreviations, use postal codes (ie, Scranton, PA).

Orthographic Details

v Arabic rather than Roman numerals should be used (ie, 3 not III), except in certain standardised references (such as 

       Qumran) or where referring to illustrations and plans, etc, contained in secondary texts.

v ‘Hebrew Bible’ is generally preferred to ‘Old Testament,’ unless context dictates otherwise.

v Punctuation belongs inside quotation marks.

Dates

v Modern dates should be formatted as follows: 

        15 August 1979 

v Ancient dates should be formatted as follows and with no periods between the letters:

        Third century BCE (Before the Common Era)
        Second century CE (Common Era), (ie, "In the second century CE, the Emperor Hadrian ...." and "In 35 BCE, things 

       began to change ..." etc.)

Spelling and Language Settings

v Please select the entire document and change its language settings to English UK.

v Please select the entire document and change its spell checker settings to English UK.

v Spelling should follow standard British English spellings, as given in the Oxford English Dictionary, except where text 

       is being directly quoted from a non-British publication.

Examples of Particular Spellings

v Judaean, Maccabaean, etc, as opposed to Judean or Maccabean, etc.

Examples of Textual Abbreviations

v 'Etcetera' becomes 'etc' - no periods between the letters, comma after, thus: "They were all there, etc."

v 'Such as'  becomes 'ie' - no periods between the letters, comma after, thus: "This can be seen in animals, ie, 

       giraffes and hippos."

v 'For example' becomes 'eg' - no periods between the letters, comma after, thus: "This can clearly be seen in some 

       contexts, eg, after lunch and before supper."

Important Note to Authors
Please make every attempt to conform to our style guide 

as this will enable the copy-editing team to expedite the 

publication process.