Books with Editors and/or Translators

The series title is not italicized. The volumes within some series are numbered (e.g., New Studies in Biblical Theology), while others are not numbered (e.g., Abington New Testament Commentaries). If the volumes in the series are numbered, you must include the volume number after the series title. 

Note: Do not include “vol.” unless you include the series editor after the series title and before the volume number. Turabian requires that citations include the names of editors of individual books but not the names of series editors. Therefore, for the sake of simplicity, Tyndale encourages the omission of the name of the series editor. For example, New Studies in Biblical Theology is a series edited by D. A. Carson. However, we have omitted his name in the example below.  

Footnote Format

1  Forename Surname, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication), ##.

2  Surname, Shortened Title, #.

Footnote Examples

1  Robert C. Tannehill, Luke, Abington New Testament Commentaries (Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1996), 87.

2  Tannehill, Luke, 34.

3  Paul W. Barnett, Jesus and the Logic of History, New Studies in Biblical Theology 3 (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2001), 71.

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Surname, Forename. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication.

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Be careful not to confuse editors with authors. The names on the book cover of many edited collections are usually editor names, not author names. 

The format below assumes the edited collection is part of a numbered series. If the series is not numbered, omit the number. If it is not part of a series, then omit the series title and number. In the case of a book series, be sure to identify the book editor rather than the series editor. DO NOT include the name of the series editor.

Note: Turabian §17.1.8.2 states that you may use a short title form for the book when you cite two or more essays from the same edited collection. However, this practice is discouraged at Tyndale. Therefore in the examples below the full bibliographical information of the same book is included in the bibliography and in the first footnote citation of two different essays.

Footnote Format

In the footnotes, include only the page numbers cited (not the full page range of the essay).

1 Forename Surname, “Title of Essay: Subtitle of Essay,” in Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, ed. Forename Surname, Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name: Year of Publication), ##.

2 Surname, “Short Title,” ##.

Footnote Examples

1  John R. W. Stott, “Judgment and Hell,” in Rethinking Hell: Readings in Evangelical Conditionalism, ed. Christopher M. Date, Gregory G. Stump, and Joshua W. Anderson (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014), 49-50.

2  Kevin J. Vanhoozer, “Augustinian Inerrancy: Literary Meaning, Literal Truth, and Literate Interpretation in the Economy of Biblical Discourse,” in Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, ed. J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett, Counterpoints Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013), 202.

3  R. Albert Mohler Jr., “When the Bible Speaks, God Speaks: The Classic View of Biblical Inerrancy,” in Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, ed. J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett, Counterpoints Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013), 29.

4  Stott, “Judgment and Hell,” 52.

5  Mohler, “When the Bible Speaks,” 32.

6 Vanhoozer, “Augustinian Inerrancy,” 203.

Bibliography Format

In the bibliography, include the full page range of the essay (not the individual pages cited in the notes).

Surname, Forename. “Title of Essay: Subtitle of Essay.” In Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, edited by Forename Surname, ##-##. Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name: Year of Publication.

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A journal supplement is generally formatted the same as monograph within a series. The monograph will have its own title, and the name of the supplement is typically treated as the series title (i.e., it is not italicized). If the supplement series is numbered, then include the series volume number after the series title. 

Footnote Format

1  Forename Surname, Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, Supplement Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication), ##.

2  Surname, Shortened Title, #.

Footnote Examples

1  John W. Rogerson, Theory and Practice in Old Testament Ethics: The Contribution of John Rogerson, ed. M. Daniel Carroll R., Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 405 (London: T & T Clark International, 2004), 83.

2  Rogerson, Theory and Practice, 102.

Bibliography Format

Surname, Forename. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Supplement Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication.

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There are only two scenarios, and both are rare, where you should cite an editor instead of an author: 

1. when referring specifically to the editorial work of the editor (extremely rare);

2. when referring to the existence of an edited book as a whole rather than to something specific said in the book (very rare).

In both cases, you are probably not citing specific page numbers.

IF YOU NEED TO CITE A SPECIFIC PAGE IN AN EDITED COLLECTION, THEN DO NOT USE THIS FORMAT. Instead, use the format for "Chapter or Part of an Edited Collection of Essays or Articles."

The format below assumes the edited collection is part of a numbered series. If the series is not numbered, omit the number. If it is not part of a series, then omit the series title and number.

Be sure to identify the book editor rather than the series editor. DO NOT include the name of the series editor.

Footnote Format

1 Forename Surname, ed., Title of Book: Subtitle of Book, Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication).

Footnote Examples

1 Alister E. McGrath, ed., The Christian Theology Reader, 4th ed. (Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), 513.

2 J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett, eds., Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy, Counterpoints Series (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2013).

Bibliography Format

Surname, Forename, ed. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication.

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Turabian lists the title of the multivolume work as a whole first, followed by the individual volume title. 

Note: Zotero is currently not able to handle this type of reference.

Footnote Format

1 Forename Surname, Title of Multivolume Work: Subtitle of Multivolume Work, vol. #, Title of Individual Volume: Subtitle of Individual Volume, Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication), #:##.

2 Surname, Individual Volume Short Title, ##.

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Bibliography Format

Surname, Forename. Title of Multivolume Work: Subtitle of Multivolume Work. Vol. #, Title of Individual Volume: Subtitle of Individual Volume. Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication.

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Footnote Format

In the footnotes, since the volume is not individually titled, you must specify the individual volume number followed by a colon and then the page number(s). 

1 Forename Surname, Title of Multivolume Work: Subtitle of Multivolume Work, Series Title # (City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication), #:##.

2 Surname, Short Title, #:##.

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NOTE: Turabian §17.1.4.1 requires you to list only individual volumes cited in the bibliography. At Tyndale, we prefer that you cite the multivolume work as a whole indicating the total number of volumes. If the individual volumes were not all published in the same year, you should provide the full range of years of publication, from the publication of the earliest volume to the publication of the most recent volume. 

Surname, Forename. Title of Multivolume Work: Subtitle of Multivolume Work. # vols. Series Title #. City, ST: Publisher Name, Year of Publication.

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