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Example reference formats for different source types

Religious Texts examples

When quoting from a sacred text e.g. the Bible, the Quran or the Torah you include the book followed by chapter/Surah and verse, rather than a page number. For other sacred texts you need to include a precise location, using the numbering system appropriate to the specific text.

Format: in text citation 
The names of the twelve apostles... (Book, Chapter: Verse).

Format: reference:  
Full title (Year) Version (if appropriate). Translated by (if appropriate). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: in text citation 
The names of the twelve apostles... (Matthew, 10: 2).

‘Nothing is hidden from Allah, whether on Earth or in Heaven’ (Qur’an, 14: 38).

‘Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age’ (Genesis, 6:9).

Example: reference 
The Bible (2000) Contemporary English Version. London: HarperCollins. 
Qur’an (2013) Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions Limited. 
The Torah: the five books of Moses (1999) Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society.