Use this RDS dissertation/thesis template when beginning your prospectus or preliminary draft. You can later edit the document to use for your final draft.
This link provides SBTS students online access to the Chicago Manual of Style. This resources is helpful when you cannot find an answer in the SBTS Manual of Style.
Access the content of Society of Biblical Literature Handbook of Style online free of charge through the SBTS library.
Templates
The fourth edition of The Southern Seminary Manual of Style does not provide students with word-processor specific instructions. Instead, templates are available for students to use when beginning a new writing project. These templates have pre-set styles to aid students in formatting their papers. Students are ultimately responsible for ensuring that their final projects conform to The Southern Seminary Manual of Style.
If you see an error in any of the templates, please contact us. We will fix the template and include instructions for those using older versions of the template on the Errata page of this LibGuide.
Note: Microsoft Office is available free to current Boyce and SBTS students and staff. Get it here.
Download the Templates
*Mellel templates contain an .sset file that must be placed in your Mellel Style Sets directory in order to ensure full functionality of the template.
Use this link to submit your preliminary draft or your final draft to be reviewed by the Doctoral Style Reader. All drafts must be submitted as PDF.
Download the SBTS Citation Quick Guide for a quick look at how to format footnotes and bibliography entries for a number of sources.
Additionally, students may download the SBL BibLit font for Greek and/or Hebrew from the link below.
Resource Links
The Southern Seminary Manual of Style is a supplement to A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, which is itself an enhancement of The Chicago Manual of Style.
Additionally, The Southern Seminary Manual of Style relies on The SBL Handbook of Style for some biblical studies-specific formatting issues.
Students interested in acquiring these resources can click the links below.
Additionally, students may download the SBL BibLit font for Greek and/or Hebrew from the link below.
Related Guides
Zotero — Easing Citation Management
This guide gives a basic introduction to Zotero, a free application that can help create footnotes and bibliographies. Zotero works very well with the LibreOffice and Word templates
Use this document to make sure you have followed all of the SBTS doctoral style guidelines closely before submitting your draft to be reviewed.
Download the latest edition of the SBTS Style Guide for instructions on formatting your thesis or project.
Visit the PDS Dissertation/Thesis Guidelines page or refer to your PDS handbook for more details.