Articles to the new issue of “Scriptura Sacra” should be submitted by the end of September (e.g. to the edition for 2020 — till the end of September 2020).
1. Rules of publication
The editorial board of “Scriptura Sacra” accepts for evaluation and publication only original scholarly articles, as well as reviews and conference reports, concerning biblical studies.
We give preference to articles that apply the method of Hebrew Rhetoric in their research.
2. The review procedure
The editorial staff of “Scriptura Sacra” magazine conducts the procedure of reviewing the scientific articles in accordance with “The basic rules of reviewing publications in journals” posted on the website of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. This means that the review process is confidential, i.e. the author(s) and the reviewers do not know their identities (the so-called double-blind procedure).
Any criticism by the reviewer(s) requires a detailed response from the author(s) of the article. The correspondence between the author(s) and the reviewers is done through the “Scriptura Sacra” editorial office. All accepted comments should be included in the revision of the work. Clear and unambiguous reasoning is required in the case of disputable comments, indicating the reasons why the author does not comply with the reviewer’s opinion.
The article can only be submitted for printing in the case of two clearly positive reviews. In the case of one negative and one positive review, the Editorial Staff appoints the third reviewer whose assessment decides whether or not to print the text.
Texts which are not of a scientific nature (reviews, reports, interviews or descriptions of events) do not need to be reviewed and are eligible for printing directly by the Editorial Staff.
3. Comments on the preparation of the text
Scientific articles:
The texts should concern the broadly defined issues of marriage and family, especially connected with the subject of the edition.
The size of the text: from 40 000 to 51 000 characters (including spaces, footnotes and bibliography). Exceptions to this rule must be individually agreed with the Editorial Staff.
Publication in English, Italian, French, German and Polish is permitted.
The text should include numbered subheadings.
The sequence of the elements in the article:
- • the title of the article in the original language. The title should be short and indicate precisely what the article is about. It is good to include at least part of the keywords and proper nouns in the title;
- • the title of the article in English;
- • the abstract in English (it could also be in Polish or German but it will only be posted on the article’s website and sent to databases). The abstract should present the content of the article in as few words as possible. It should necessarily explain:
- 1) background;
- 2) objectives;
- 3) methodology;
- 4) results;
- 5) conclusions.
- • English keywords;
- • the main text. Keywords or synonyms should consistently appear in the text;
- • the annex bibliography from the article must be defined by the English word References.
The Editorial Staff requires exactly such an arrangement of the elements of the article and in case of any deficiencies, the text will not be accepted for reviewing.
The bibliographic notation
The Editorial Staff of “Scriptura Sacra” magazine requires using “Pontifical Biblical Institute” in Rome (Pontificio Istituto Biblico, Roma) system when quoting publications. The editors also recommend the use of bibliography management software such as Zotero, Mendeley or End Note. We suggest using Zotero manager as it has two important advantages: a) it works on serious operating systems (Windows, Mc OS, Linux); b) it is free.
A short textbook (in English) can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP5AzJHXfIA
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8UTehdF92s
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCL3qozuB4
There is information on how to download and install the free bibliography manager; how to integrate it with a text editor and a web browser. Additionally, there is information on where to download the bibliography data about publications and how to process such information.
If P.T. Authors decide to use the bibliography manager (or have been using such software for some time), please download the “Pontifical Biblical Institute” quoting style. It can be downloaded from the text editor icon with a gear wheel – (Set Document Preferences)/Zarządzaj stylami (manage styles)/Pobierz dodatkowe style(download additional styles)/ in “Style Search” please write Pontifical and choose “Pontifical Biblical Institute”.
Examples of “Pontifical Biblical Institute” style citations:
1) Monograph by a single author:
J. Czerski, Apokalipsa Świętego Jana. Komentarz. Część II. Ap 4–13 (Opole 2019) 100.
- • In References (annexed bibliography):
Czerski, J., Apokalipsa Świętego Jana. Komentarz. Część II. Ap 4–13 (Opole 2019).
2) Monograph by two authors:
A. S. Jasiński – J. Tomiak, Historia Izraela na tle słów i czynów symbolicznych proroka Ezechiela (Biblioteka Opolskiego Biblicum Franciszkańskiego 1; Opole 2003) 110.
Jasiński, A. S. – Tomiak, J., Historia Izraela na tle słów i czynów symbolicznych proroka Ezechiela (Biblioteka Opolskiego Biblicum Franciszkańskiego 1; Opole 2003).
3) Multi-author monograph (three or more):
L. Koehler et al., Wielki słownik hebrajsko-polski i aramejsko-polski Starego Testamentu (Warszawa 2013) I, 120.
Koehler, L. et al., Wielki słownik hebrajsko-polski i aramejsko-polski Starego Testamentu (Warszawa 2013) I.
4) Chapter in the book:
C. L. Carvalho, „A Serpent in the Nile: Egypt in the Book of Ezekiel”, Concerning the Nations. Essays on the Oracles against the Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel (ed. E. Hlot – K. Hyun) (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 612; London 2015) 140.
Carvalho, C. L., „A Serpent in the Nile: Egypt in the Book of Ezekiel”, Concerning the Nations. Essays on the Oracles against the Nations in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel (ed. E. Hlot – K. Hyun) (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 612; London 2015).
5) Article in journal:
W. Pikor, „Przemoc domowa w Księdze Ezechiela?”, Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia 8/2 (2015) 43–66, 45.
Pikor, W., „Przemoc domowa w Księdze Ezechiela?”, Biblica et Patristica Thoruniensia 8/2 (2015) 43–66.
In all monographs (regardless of the number of authors), titles are in italics. In a chapter in a book or an article in a journal („something” in „something”), the something (smaller literary unit) is enclosed in inverted commas and the larger literary unit (book, journal) is in italics.
All technical terms e.g. et al., editor/editors should be written in English abbreviations: et al., ed. no matter what language the article is written in.
Acceptable text formats: *.odt, *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf (other formats possible after prior agreement with the technical editor).
Acceptable graphic formats: *.eps, *.ps, *.jpeg, *.png, *.gif, *.bmp (other formats possible after prior agreement with the technical editor) with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
The biographical note about the author:
Several sentences of the information about the author; it is necessary to include affiliation; research areas and titles of significant publications as well as the official e-mail address and ORCID.
Reviews of compact publications:
The text length from 6 000 to 10 000 characters, including spaces.
The description of the peer-reviewed publication should include the following data: author/editor, title, subtitle, publisher, place and year of publication, ISBN, number of pages, DOI (if exists).
