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Leeds Harvard: Religious text

Reference examples

Title: including version.

Examples:

The Bible: authorised King James version. 

The Qurʼan: a modern English version. 

Citation examples

Religious text

Make clear in the main body of the work which particular religious text you are referring to. When referring to a specific passage, include the following details in your citation:

(Name of the Book Sura / Chapter: Verse)

Example:

Cain's offering of crops (Genesis 4:3) has been interpreted as...

When citing whole consecutive chapters, combine the first and last chapter numbers with a hyphen: (Genesis 4-6) 

When citing consecutive verses in a particular chapter, combine the first and last verse numbers with a hyphen: (Genesis 4:3-8) 

If your work focuses on a single chapter in a religious work and you are citing only one verse, use the format (v.3). If referring to multiple consecutive verses, use the format (vv.3-8)

For religious texts, you do not include page numbers in your citations.

Common issues

When you're referencing with Leeds Harvard you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Harvard.

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