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Policy on prior publication

When authors submit manuscripts to this journal, these manuscripts should not be under consideration, accepted for publication or in press within a different journal, book or similar entity, unless explicit permission or agreement has been sought from all entities involved. However, deposition of a preprint on the author’s personal website, in an institutional repository, or in a preprint archive shall not be viewed as prior or duplicate publication. Authors should follow the Cambridge University Press Preprint Policy regarding preprint archives and maintaining the version of record.

Manuscript Preparation

Submissions should not normally be longer than 8,500 words, including footnotes (i.e. about 20 pages of the current NTS format). All materials should be double-spaced, including footnotes and citations. Special
materials (e.g. lists, tables, charts, diagrams) should be submitted as separate files, and the location of such material in the main text should be indicated clearly (e.g. ‘insert figure 1 here’). Contributors are asked to supply an abstract of their article or short study, not exceeding 250 words in length, and a list of up to five to ten keywords (to facilitate online searches).

Authors should follow the guidelines below and check the format of their own contribution with that of volume 68 of the journal. For consistency UK English is preferred e.g. -ise not -ize.

Fonts Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac and Coptic text can be set in their appropriate scripts. Unicode fonts are preferred, but commonly used fonts such as SPIonic are also acceptable. Hebrew, Aramaic, or Syriac should be left unpointed. Greek words should not be transliterated unless there is an established tradition for doing so (e.g. pneuma, parousia).

Quotations of five or more typewritten lines in any language will be printed as a separate paragraph and in type smaller than that used in the body of the article (without opening and closing quotation marks). Such quotations should be double spaced in the typescript. For shorter quotations within the main body of the text, single quotation marks should be used (double for quotations within quotations). The closing quotation mark should precede punctuation except in the case of an exclamation mark or question mark belonging only to the quotation, and a full stop if the quotation contains a grammatically complete
sentence starting with a capital letter or similar.

Respect for accuracy in verbatim quotations demands that the spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and abbreviations of the original publication be reproduced exactly, even if they differ from the style of this journal. Should the quotation contain an error, this may be indicated by [sic] or [?] at the author's discretion. It should be made clear whether italics are original or have been added.

Other formatting features to note: please use round rather than square brackets within parentheses: e.g. (as argued by Paul (Rom 7.1–6)). All headings and openings should be indented.

Biblical references should be in the format, Gen 2.4–8; Matt 13.16, 18, 21; 1 Cor 4.11–5.3 (for the abbreviations of the biblical books see note 16). Please note the use of the en rule (long dash) rather than a hyphen within number ranges: thus, Rom 1.1–3 not Rom 1.1-3.

Elision of numbers: use style ‘143–4, 111–12’; BCE dates are not to be elided.

Excluding for example LXX for ‘Septuagint’, all roman numerals as well as ‘BCE’ and ‘CE’ should be presented in small caps rather than full caps.

Footnotes should be double-spaced and numbered consecutively. Long, complicated footnotes should be avoided. Bibliographical references should eliminate punctuation and unnecessary words as far as possible, especially commas and abbreviations such as vol., pp., cols. Words like `Series', `Press', `Verlag' should normally be eliminated and retained only where necessary (e.g. Cambridge University Press); likewise the names of translators. The publisher and place of publication must be included in the first notice of a work, and omitted thereafter. In the case of reprinted volumes the date of the original publication is preferred, although (e.g.) reprinted, New York: Ktav, 1970 is acceptable. Subsequent editions should be indicated by use of a superscript number (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 20062). The (abbreviated) title of a series is to be put within the parentheses that follow on from the title.

Some examples:

J. Ziesler, Pauline Christianity (London/New York: Oxford University, rev.1990) 43–6.
M. Bouttier, En Christ: étude d' exégèse et de théologie pauliniennes (Études d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses 54. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962) 10–12.
W. Schrage, Der erste Brief an die Korinther (1 Kor 1,6–6,11) (EKKNT 7/1; Zürich/Braunschweig: Benziger/Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1991) 108–27.
C. F. D. Moule, The Phenomenon of the New Testament (SBT 2/1; London: SCM, 1967) 62–3,66–7.
E. Trocmé, ‘Un christianisme sans Jésus-Christ?’, NTS 38 (1992) 321–36, at 322.
M. Hengel, Judaism and Hellenism: Studies in their Encounter in Palestine in the Early Hellenistic Period (2 vols.; London: SCM, 1974) I.166, II.108–9 n. 392.
P. Rossano, ‘La parola e lo spirito: riflessioni su I Tess 1,5 e I Cor 2,4–5’, Mélanges bibliques en hommage au R. P. Béda Rigaux (ed. A. Descamps and A. de Halleux; Gembloux: Duculot,1970) 437–44.
J. Tyson, ed., Luke-Acts and the Jewish People: Eight Critical Perspectives (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1988).

Once the full information for a book or article has been given, a shortened title (not an acronym) is to be used: for example, Bouttier, En Christ, 138. General references to works previously cited, e.g. op. cit., art. cit., a.a.O., etc., must be avoided, along with f. or ff. (and equivalents) for ‘following’ pages or verses; the proper page or verse numbers are to be cited. These should be given in as concise a form as possible, except that the 1 is retained in the numbers 11–19: so 101–2, 130–45, but 112–13 and 1914–18 (this applies also to dates).

Abbreviations of titles of biblical books (with the Apocrypha):

English	French	German	English	French	German
Gen	Gn	Gen	Zeph	So	Zef
Exod	Ex	Ex	Hag	Ag	Hag
Lev	Lv	Lev	Zech	Za	Sach
Num	Nb	Num	Mal	Ml	Mal
Deut	Dt	Dtn	1-2 Esdras	1-2 Esd	1-2 Esr
Josh	Jos	Jos	Tob	Tb	Tob
Judg	Jg	Ri	Jdt	Jdt	Jdt
Ruth	Rt	Rut	Wis	Sg	Weish
1-2 Sam	1-2 S	1-2 Sam	Ecclus	Si (or Sir)	Sir
1-2 Kings	1-2 R	1-2 Kön	1-2 Cor	1-2 Co	1-2 Kor
1-2 Chron	1-2 Ch	1-2 Chr	Bar	Ba	Bar
Ezra	Esd	Esr	1-2 Macc	1-2 M	1-2Makk
Neh	Ne	Neh	Matt	Mt	Mt
Esther	Est	Est	Mark	Mc	Mk
Job	Jb	Hiob	Luke	Lc	Lk
Ps(s)	Ps(s)	Ps(s)	John	Jn	Joh
Prov	Pr	Spr	Acts	Ac	Apg
Eccles	Qo(or Qoh)	Koh	Rom	Rm	Röm
Cant	Ct	Hld	Gal	Ga	Gal
Isa	Is	Jes	Eph	Ep	Eph
Jer	Jr	Jer	Phil	Ph	Phil
Lam	Lm	Klgl	Col	Col	Kol
Ezek	Ez	Ez	1-2 Thess	1-2 Th	1-2 Thess
Dan	Dn	Dan	1-2 Tim	1-2 Tm	1-2 Tim
Hos	Os	Hos	Titus	Tt	Tit
Joel	Jl	Joel	Phlm	Phm	Phlm
Amos	Am	Am	Heb	He	Hebr
Obad	Ab	Obd	Jas	Jc	Jak

Supplementary material

Supplementary material will appear only in the electronic online version. A link to the supplementary material will be inserted during proof preparation. The main text of the article must stand alone without the supplementary material although it should be mentioned within the text. Supplementary material must be supplied as a separate file/s, clearly identified as supplementary material. It will not be copy-edited, typeset or proofed and authors are entirely responsible for the presentation of the supplementary material.

The following text must be included at the end of the article:

Supplementary material
To view supplementary material for this article, please visit [supplier will insert link].

Figures

Figures should be supplied as separate files preferably in TIFF format. When sized for reproduction they should be no less than 350 dpi. Images supplied in colour will be reproduced in colour in the online version but converted to mono for the printed issue. Additional charges will apply should you wish to retain the use of colour for the printed.

For further information, please refer to the Cambridge Journals Artwork Guide, which can be found online at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/authors/journals/journals-artwork-guide.

Colour charges apply for all colour figures that appear in the print version of the journal. At the time of submission, contributors should clearly state whether their figures should appear in colour in the online version only, or whether they should appear in colour online and in the print version. There is no charge for including colour figures in the online version of the journal. If you request colour figures in the printed version, you will be contacted by CCC-Rightslink who are acting on our behalf to collect Author Charges. Please follow their instructions in order to avoid any delay in the publication of your article.

Competing Interests

All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article.

Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations.

If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.

Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author 1 is employed at organisation A, Author 2 is on the Board of company B and is a member of organisation C. Author 3 has received grants from company D.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none”.

English language editing services

Authors, particularly those whose first language is not English, may wish to have their English-language manuscripts checked by a native speaker before submission. This step is optional, but may help to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood by the Editor and any reviewers.

In order to help prospective authors to prepare for submission and to reach their publication goals, Cambridge University Press offers a range of high-quality manuscript preparation services, including language editing. You can find out more on our language services page.

Please note that the use of any of these services is voluntary, and at the author's own expense. Use of these services does not guarantee that the manuscript will be accepted for publication, nor does it restrict the author to submitting to a Cambridge-published journal.

Author affiliations

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For more information, please see our author affiliation policy and author affiliation FAQs.

Authorship and contributorship

All authors listed on any papers submitted to this journal must be in agreement that the authors listed would all be considered authors according to disciplinary norms, and that no authors who would reasonably be considered an author have been excluded. For further details on this journal’s authorship policy, please see this journal's publishing ethics policies.

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ORCID

We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:

Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.

See our ORCID FAQs for more information.

If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.

If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.

ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.

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