Note
Development on these style files has been discontinued. A more generic set of styles for the Society of Biblical Literature is now underway. See This Launchpad page for details.
Here you'll find a LaTeX document class and BibTeX style file that conform to the requirements of Ridley Melbourne Mission and Ministry College for essays and assignments. The referencing style is basically that required by the Society of Biblical Literature.
Features
- Automatic creation of title page with the \maketitle command.
- Correct formatting of citations using the \cite command. When a reference is cited for a second time, the shorter form is automatially used. Citations are placed in footnotes and the reference is inserted into the bibliography. The command \inlinecite is also provided for inserting a reference directly into the body of the text. This is done automatically when \cite is used in footnotes.
- Automatic creation of bibliography using the \bibliography command.
- UTF-8 input of Greek and Hebrew. (XeLaTeX is required for pointed Hebrew and UTF-8 in BibTeX databases.)
- The ridleyref.sty, ridleylang.sty, and ridley.bst style files can also be used by themselves with other classes to provide just the referencing and/or original language styles.
Installation
Most packages required by the class should be included in a recent modern TeX distribution.
Requirements
You need the following packages:
- footmisc
- setspace
- geometry
- textcase
- ifthen
- afterpage
- url
The following pakages are optional
- ellipsis (make ellipses more sane)
If you are using LaTeX, you also need:
- inputenc
- babel
- Greek spport for babel
- Hebrew support for babel
If you are using XeLaTeX, you also need:
- fontspec
- xltxtra
- bidi
- A Greek font. SBL Greek is used by default.
- A Hebrew font. SBL Hebrew is used by default.
Details
Put ridley.bst, ridleyref.sty, ridleylang.sty, and ridleyessay.cls in appropriate places in your local TeX tree:
e.g.,
$TEXMF/tex/latex/ridley/ridleyessay.cls
$TEXMF/tex/latex/ridley/ridleyref.sty
$TEXMF/tex/latex/ridley/ridleylang.sty
$TEXMF/texmf/bibtex/bst/ridley/ridley.bst
Your BibTeX database can also be placed in your local TeX tree:
$TEXMF/bibtex/bib/ridley/ridley.bib
Run texhash $TEXMF and you should be ready to go.
Usage
Package options
The following package options are supported. Default options are indicated with a *.| Package option | Description |
|---|---|
| rmheadings* | Use Roman headings |
| sfheadings | Use Sans Serif headings |
| oneside* | Produce one sided output |
| twoside | Produce two sided output |
Essay content
| Preamble commands | Description |
|---|---|
| \studetnumber{} | Your student number |
| \course{} | Your course (e.g., MDiv) |
| \unit{} | The unit name for the essay (e.g., OT501) |
| \title{} | The title of the assigment |
| \wordcount{} | The number of words in the assignment |
| \duedate{} | The date the assignment is due |
| \submitteddate{} | The date the assignment is submitted |
| Text body commands | Description |
|---|---|
| abstract environment | Environment for the abstract |
| quotation environment | Environment for block quotations |
| quote environment | Alternative environment for block quotations |
| verse environment | Environment for setting verse |
| greek environment | Environment for Greek paragraph text |
| hebrew environment | Environment for Hebrew paragraph text |
| \cite[pageref]{key} | Cite a reference (the citation will appear in a footnote) |
| \inlinecite[pageref]{key} | Cite a reference within the body of the text |
| \maketitle | Insert the title page |
| \bibliography{ridley} | Insert the bibliography |
| \appendix | Begin appendices |
| \gr{} | Insert Greek text |
| \he{} | Insert Hebrew text |
| \en{} | Insert English text (within a Greek or Hebrew paragraph) |
Bibliographic database
The following table lists the supported BibTeX entries and fields. Required fields for each type are marked with a *. All styles from the Ridley Melbourne student manual, except CD-ROM references, are supported.
| Entry name | Description | Supported fields |
|---|---|---|
| article | a journal article | author*, title*, journal*, year*, pages*, volume, shorttitle, shortjournal, number, month, url, cited |
| book | a book | (author|editor)*, title*, publisher*, address*, year*, shorttitle, withauthor, translator, edition, series, shortseries, volumes, number, abbreviation |
| dictionary | an article in a dictionary or encyclopaedia | author*, title*, dictionarytitle*, editor*, publisher*, address*, year*, pages*, shorttitle, shortdictionarytitle, translator, volume, volumes |
| lexicon | an article in a lexicon or theological dictionary | author*, title*, lexicontitle*, editor*, publisher*, address*, year*, pages*, shorttitle, shortlexicontitle, translator, volume, volumes |
| incollection | an article in a collection or edited volume | author*, title*, booktitle*, publisher*, address*, year*, pages*, shorttitle, shortbooktitle, series, shortseries, number, editor, translator, volumetitle, shortvolumetitle, volumeeditor |
| online | an internet publication | author*, title*, url*, cited*, shorttitle, pages |
Example
Have a look at ridleyessay.tex for a detailed example of how to use the class. See ridleyessay.pdf for the final result. This example uses ridley.bib for its BibTeX reference database.
Download
Grab the latest version:
| Complete package | Last updated |
|---|---|
| ridleyessay.zip | 14 August 2009 |
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