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APA (7th ed.) referencing guide (Online)

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In text citations

Example:

The Torah, (1962/2015) says that...
OR
...(The Torah, 1962/2015)
 

Example:

The King James Bible (1769/2017) insists that...
OR
...(King James Bible, 1769/2017)

Cite a chapter or verse in the text using canonical numbering rather than page numbers.

Example:

In the Song of Solomon 8:6 (The New King James Version, 1769/2017) it states that...
OR
The person vowed to “set me as a seal upon thine heart” (King James Bible, 1769/2017, Song of Solomon 8:6).

Indicate which version is used when first cited then no reference is needed unless you use another Bible version.

Example:

In Much Ado About Nothing, Don John said, "In the meantime / let me be that I am and seek not to alter me" (Shakespeare, 1623/1995, 1.3.36-37).

Reference list

Religious works published as books are referenced as books:

Example:

The Torah: The five books of Moses (3rd ed.). 2015. The Jewish Publication Society. (Original work published 1962).

Religious works published as websites follow the webpage reference format.

Example:

King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ (Original work published 1769).

Ancient and classical works:

Aristotle. (1994). Poetics (S. H. Butcher, Trans.). The Internet Classics Archive. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.html (Original work published ca. 350 B.C.E.).

Shakespeare, W. (1995). Much ado about nothing (B. A. Mowat & P. Werstine, Eds.). Washington Square Press. (Original work published 1623).