How do you properly cite the bible as a reference?
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Book, Chapter, and verse.
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Who says it's a bad thing? Can you cite scripture?
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The Harvard Referencing System is the best and generally most widely accepted format.  The link below should really help
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Start with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the New Testament.  Then Psalms and Proverbs in the Old Testament.  That should give you a good start.
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I have many, many Bibles and often use them to compare scriptures which I'm studying.  But for reading and teaching I prefer a modern language text, and one that is TRANSLATED (from original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic) as opposed to one that is a VERSION.  My two favorites are The New World Translation and the American Standard Bible.  Also I prefer ones that have footnotes and cross references, which I use a great deal.
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Use quotation marks for:\n\n    * titles of short or minor works, such as songs, short stories, essays, short poems, one-act plays, and other literary works that are shorter than a three-act play or a complete book.\n    * titles of parts of larger works, such as chapters in books; articles in newspapers, magazines, journals, or other periodical publications; and episodes of television and radio series.\n\nUse underlining or italics for titles of major works or of works that contain smaller segments such as books; plays of three or more acts; newspapers, magazines, journals, or other periodical publications; films; and television and radio series.\n\nDo not use quotation marks for referring to the Bible or other sacred texts or to legal documents.\n\n-=-=-=-\n\nAnd pray it isn't a 2 act play. God knows what you'd do then ;)
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When you are paraphrasing you don't need to quote the person being interviewed. Your reference should list author name (if provided), article title, the date in parentheses (year, month, day), the name of the newspaper and the page of the article. Remember to indent on the second line.
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I am now finishing with my name as my own work.\ncut and paste should be kept to a minimum, preferably only when it's a technical term or reply, and definitely not pages upon pages from the Bible.\nMaster.
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I find it very helpful, plenty of notes, references, defintions - it taught me a lot. \n\nIt does rabbit trail some. If there is something you disagree on in the side notes, just put the idea on the shelf and go on. There is an abundance of information in those annotations. \n\nI recently found out he put together the "Zondervan Expanded Concordance" that I want to buy and check out. \nI think it was from the 70's.\n\nAlso check out http://www.dakebible.com \nit has other books and such, and also a new biography about him is out now.
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I use KJV translated in the 1500's. Its the most accurate version to this day. you can find different translate dates at the link below.
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I agree with you and have said the same thing myself many times.  From my point of view the bible is much like Grimms fairy tales.  To be used as and example of right and wrong.
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Internal citation is basically a nice short easy way to give credit where credit is due when you quote or summarize someone else's idea. \n\nIf you do this, you would put the title of the reference and the page number in parentheses.\n\nEx.\n(The name of the book, p 4)\n\nUsually the title is italicized.
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I'd have to agree with you, except in the reverse order, Homophobes use Christianity as an excuse.  Many Christians aren't Homophobes and therefore don't need to quote (often misquote) the gay references in the bible.  Two very small references to Homosexuality in the old Testament are the only references that the bible makes, yet it makes references to many other things that Christians never attack and some of which most, if not all, Christians are guilty of committing.  The fact is Gays are an easy target.  They can point and say, "look at the sinner!" and draw the attention away from their own sins.
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You will need to cite your work and reference any sources you used for information.\nExample.\nquote: "l love pizza," (last name, year, summary section, para. ?).\nWater is also known as H2O (last name, year, p. 21).\nHere is what a reference looks like. Make sure you the references are on the last page on a seperate page.\nlast name, First initial. (year). Title of the reference. Title of the Source. Retrieved from, website link here\n\nNote: make sure that the references second line is indented five spaces or tab, and no space between the references first line and the one below it.
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here is a website for citations, and i believe they will help with references.  http://citationmachine.net
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rachell12 is right, but you might also want to put the bible you are citing from, like NIV (New International Version), KJV (King James Version) insider of the parenthesis as well.  Like: God is Loving (John 23:2  NIV)   Not an actual bible verse, sorry. \n\nI learned this when I was a legal steno and had to type lots and lots of motions with cites from law books.  Yuck!
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It depends on what your project is. If it's a formal paper, then you create a bibliography page for the source's full citation--no matter how few or how many you have.\n\nIf you're not writing a formal paper, you may be able to get away with an in-text citation. For example: "John Doe states in his book, THE HISTORY OF DEER, that deer are 'blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda' (115). He also says that road-killed deer add a nice touch to homemade stew (123)." \n\nIf you're not sure which one to do, I'd advise you to go with doing a bibliography page (or Works Cited page, or References page, or whatever your citation style calls it). It's better to go overboard in citing your quotes than to be accused of plagiarism.