“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!

Assignment Notating Your Sources

1.  Create a proper bibliographical entry with the following information.

  • Source:  Volume IX of The New Interpreter’s Bible
  • Subsection Title and page numbers written by R. Alan Culpepper:  “Luke”, which covers pages 3 through 490.
  • Editors: Leander E. Keck and many others
  • Publisher:  Abingdon Press
  • Date of Publication:  1996
  • Place of Publication:  Nashville
  • Total number of volumes in the multi-volume set:  12

2.  Below is some information that was derived from page 356 of the above source (written as a paraphrase).  Write the sentence and identify the above source just as you would in a research paper.

Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus is recorded in Luke as last of his encounters with those who are outcasts before he heads to Jerusalem.

3.  Create a proper bibliographical entry with the following information.

  • Author:  Victor Paul Furnish
  • Name of Online Database Service: Ministry Matters
  • Date of Publication:  1971
  • Publisher:  Abingdon Press
  • Editor:  Charles Laymon and many others
  • Subsection Title by Victor Furnish (no page numbers available):  “The Letter of Paul to the Galatians”
  • Date that the information was retrieved from the Internet:  January 17, 2013
  • Name of the source:  The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible
  • Place of Publication:  Nashville
  • URL or document path from which the information was accessed:
    • Ministry Matters > Biblical Commentaries > Interpreter’s One Volume Commentary > Commentary on the Books of the New Testament > The Letter of Paul to the Galatians > II. The Occasion for Writing (1:6-10)

4.  Below is some information that was derived from the above source (a direct quote from the source).  Write the sentence and identify the above source just as you would in a research paper.  As an online source, it does not designate any page numbers.

As far as Paul is concerned there is only one true gospel—though it may be preached to the circumcised on the one hand, the uncircumcised on the other.

5.  Create a proper bibliographical entry with the following information.

  • Author: Beverly Roberts Gaventa
  • Source Title:  The Harper-Collins Study Bible:  New Revised Standard Version
  • Editors:  Harold W. Attridge and many others.
  • Publisher:  Harper Collins Publishers
  • Title of the subsection written by Gaventa:  “Acts”
  • Pages on which the subsection are written:  2056-2058
  • Place of Publication:  New York
  • Date of Publication:  2006
  • Type of article:  an introduction

6.  Below is some information that was derived from page 2057 of the above source (written as a paraphrase).  Write the sentence and identify the above source just as you would in a research paper.

Some people think that Acts is written to a particular individual because Luke addresses both it and Luke to Theophilus, possibly a recent convert or a Roman official asking for instruction.

7.  Create a proper bibliographical entry with the following information.

  • Author:  Craig R. Koester
  • Source Title:  The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible
  • Editors:  Katharine Doob Sakenfeld and many others.
  • Publisher:  Abingdon Press
  • Title of the subsection written by Koester: “Revelation, Book of”
  • Date of Publication:  2006
  • Place of Publication:  Nashville
  • Document path to access the article:  Ministry Matters > The New Interpreter‘s Dictionary of the Bible > R > Revelation, Book of.
  • Date accessed by student:  January 17, 2013

8.  Below is some information that was derived from the above source (a direct quote from the source).  Write the sentence and identify the above source just as you would in a research paper.  As an online source, it does not designate any page numbers.

As a collection of visions addressed to seven churches in Asia Minor, it depicts the conflict between the allies of God and the forces of evil. The visions move in cycles through series of threats that culminate in scenes of worship in the heavenly throne room.

9.  Below is a direct quote from the Bible.  Write it with a proper citation as if you were quoting it in your research paper.

And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!

  • Translation:  New International Version (NIV)
  • Book of the Bible:  Romans
  • Verse number:  15
  • Chapter: 10
  • Name of Bible:  The Life Application Bible
  • Page number:  1235