International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
Editors: Bishop Geoffrey Rowell and Deacon Christine Hall
Guidelines for articles submitted to IJSCC
Method of submission: Email as Word attachment in rich text format to editorsijscc@eastmarden.net
Length: 5000-7000 words, including footnotes and reference list but excluding an abstract of not more than 150 words, which should be placed at the beginning of the article.
Style: Chicago Humanities
Font: Times New Roman; 12 point
Format: Line spacing 1.5; paragraphs not indented
Please use UK spelling (e.g. colour, organise). Use single quotation marks with double within if needed.
This journal requires a short paragraph of bibliographical details for all contributors.
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact
authorqueries@tandf.co.uk Copyright: The publishers require copyright of material published to be assigned to them. A copyright assignment form will be sent to contributors once their articles are accepted.
Quotation: Quoted matter more than approx. 40 words long should be indented 1cm on right and left, without quotations marks
Biblical quotations should be in English or in transliterated Greek or Hebrew, and references should be cited in brackets at the end of the quotation and within the final punctuation, using the following abbreviations:
Gen. Song of Sol
Exod. Isa.
Lev. Jer.
Num. Lam.
Deut. Ezek.
Josh. Dan.
Judg. Hos.
Ruth Joel
Sam. Amos
Kgs Obad.
Chron. Jonah
Ezra Mic.
Neh. Nahum
Esth. Hab.
Job Zeph.
Ps. (plural Pss.) Hag.
Prov. Zech.
Eccles. Mal.
Matt. Col.
Mark Thess.
Luke Tim.
John Titus
Acts Philem.
Rom. Heb.
Cor. Jas.
Gal. Pet.
Eph. John
Phil. Jude
Rev.
Use Arabic numerals throughout: 1 Cor.
Full stops between chapter and verse numbers: Luke 6.12
En rules to mark sequences of verses:
Matt.3.6-8 Luke 6.10-12 John 10.12-14, 16 (N.B. the space after the comma).
Em rules for sequences extending beyond a single chapter:
Matt.6-9
Semicolons to divide distinct references to different chapters of the same book:
John 6.15; 14.12
Semicolons to divide single references to separate books:
Luke 4.12; 2 Cor. 3.8
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