Instructions to Authors

Only original papers written in English will be considered. Manuscripts must be word-processed on a computer using one of the following formats only: WORD6, WORD7, or RICH TEXT FORMAT (.rtf).  Do NOT use the ENDNOTES feature of WORD. The entire ms. must be in plain text with no special formatting. Do NOT include tables or graphics. Ms. must be double-spaced and paginated. Authors are requested to email an attached file to: info@jewishbible.org and to include author's full name, postal mailing address and phone number. For those without email: the manuscript must be submitted in triplicate along with a diskette in one of the above formats and sent to: Dr. Shimon Bakon, Editor, JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY, POB 29002, Jerusalem, Israel. A printed page in the JBQ is approximately 34 lines long, with approximately 80 characters to a line. Thus, the submitted ms. should be no longer than 12 pages. There are no page charges. Authors should consult the JBQ index to make sure their article does not duplicate the ideas of one previously published.

REFERENCES should be cited consecutively in the text as superscript numerals and listed on the last page in numerical order. Each reference should contain, in order, the following: JOURNAL ARTICLE: Author (initial of first name, last name), "Title of article" (in quotation marks, lower case), Title of Periodical in italics, vol. # (year of publication) inclusive page numbers. Example: S. Bakon, "Biblical Monotheism: Some of its Implications" Jewish Bible Quarterly 19 (1990) pp. 83-91. BOOK: Author (initial of first name, last name), Title of Book in italics, (place of publication: Publisher, year of publication) p. #. Example: N. Sarna, JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1989) p. 330. 

QUOTATIONS from the Bible should follow one of the Jewish Publication Society translations, unless a special point is being made by the author for the purpose of the article. Biblical quotations should be checked by the author for accuracy. Biblical quotations should be in italics. No quotation marks are used except for dialogue, which takes single quotation marks [']. Quotations from the Septuagint or other versions are not in italics. In general, quotations from any source other than the Bible are not in italics or underlined. When a book of the Bible is mentioned in the text, the name of the book is written in full, followed by chapter and verse. In a direct quotation, the citation is in parentheses at the end of the quoted text, using the short forms below, -- e.g., (Gen. 12:1-3). Place period after numbers or reference. EXAMPLE:  Ex.  6:1-9; 6:30; 7:3.  - and this too will be given you (Gen. 29:27). HEBREW WORDS transliterated into English should be in italics, except those in very common use, such as Tanakh and Midrash. Where a Hebrew word is used followed by an English translation, or vice versa, the translation is in brackets. The following are Hebrew transliterations: Amen, alenu, olam, eretz, hodesh, Ketuvim, kadosh, tzaddik, ben.  Hebrew should be used sparingly and only if absolutely vital to the article. 

The following transliteration guidelines, though non-academic, are simple and the most widely accepted:

ע and א assume the sound of the accompanying vowel - e.g. Amen, Alenu, Olam, Eretz.

ח = H;(e.g. Hodesh)

כ and ק = K  (e.g. Ketuvim, Kadosh)

כ = Kh (e.g. Melekh)

צ = Tz (e.g. Tzaddik)

. . = E (e.g. Ben)  

ABBREVIATIONS OF BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

   Genesis                      Gen.                                         Nahum             Nah.

   Exodus                      Ex.                                            Habakkuk         Hab.

   Leviticus                    Lev.                                          Zephaniah         Zeph.

   Numbers                    Num.                                         Haggai              Hag.

   Deuteronomy             Deut.                                         Zechariah         Zech.

   Joshua                       Josh.                                         Psalms              Ps.

   Judges                       Jud.                                           Proverbs           Prov.

   Samuel                      Sam.                                          Job                   Job

   Kings                         Kg.                                            Song of Songs   SofS.

   Isaiah                        Isa.                                            Ruth                 Ruth

   Jeremiah                    Jer.                                            Lamentations    Lam.

   Ezekiel                       Ezek.                                         Ecclesiastes      Eccl.

   Hosea                        Hos.                                           Esther               Est.

   Joel                           Joel                                            Ezra                 Ezra

   Amos                        Amos                                          Nehemiah         Neh.

   Obadiah                     Obad.                                         Chronicles         Chr.

   Jonah                         Jon.

   Micah                         Mic.