Guidelines
- Contributions can be published only
in German, English or French. Translations
from other languages are the responsibility
of the author.
- The articles submitted for publication
should not have been previously published
elsewhere. Exceptions are to be negotiated
with the editors. An article can be published
elsewhere after publication in lectio
difficilior, under the condition that
reference is made to its former publication
in lectio difficilior at a prominent
place.
- The copyright of contributions is
held by the authors.
- The editors are not liable for misuse
of the contributions published. Since
protection against misuse of intellectual
properties is technically difficult on
the Internet, we declare the printout
of the contribution submitted by the
author or the copy of the contribution,
edited after consultation with the author,
for juridically binding. These documents
are dated and signed by one of the editors
and kept in Bern. They can be consulted
in case of conflict.
- With every article the source, title
and name of the author will be mentionned
in such a way, that they appear well
readable when printed or downloaded.
- Printed material, such as internet-pages, should of course be properly
and correctly cited. As an electronic journal Lectio Difficilior is particularly
concerned with maintaining its integrity with regard to possible plagiarism.
- Contributions should be sent to lectio@theol.unibe.ch.
Address:
Prof. Silvia Schroer
Theol. Fakultät
Länggassstr.
51
CH - 3012 Bern
- Duedate for the first issue of the
year is April 1, for the second issue October
1.
- Submission of the contribution: by
email with attachment or floppy disc
plus, always and in every case, one printout
with date and signature sent by ordinary
mail.
- Formatting of the text should be in
Microsoft Word.
- The use of subtitles is recommended.
No small caps or indents shoud be used.
Italics and bold print may be used.
- Notes are to appear at the bottom
of the documents.
- In view of the multi-lingual character
of both the articles and its readers,
abbreviations (of biblical books, but
also literature) should not be used.
- The authors are free to use any system
of citation but it should be used in
a consistent way throughout. Possible
are short references with title or date
(Brown, The Bible, 50/Brown 1990:50)
with alphabethically ordered bibliography
at the end, or full references when mentionned
for the first time and abbreviated references
afterwards.
- For Greek, Hebrew and transcription
the following fonts should be used, which
can be downloaded for free from the website
of the Society of Biblical Literature.
- For
Greek: SPIonic
- For Hebrew: SPTiberian
- For transliteration: SPAtlantis
- In case illustrations or other copyrighted
material are used, authors are responsible
to obtain permissions from the copyright
holders. All information concerning illustrations,
also the captions, are published in a
numbered legend. Reference is made as
follows to the illustration at the corresponding
place in the text: (illustration 1).
- The original copies of the illustrations
should be sent by mail. Electronic versions
of graphics and line drawings are to
be saved as .gif and images as .jpeg
documents.
- Articles should not exceed 60.000
characters or 10.000 words.
- The author should also submit an abstract
of maximum 1000 characters or 200 words,
if possible, in one of the other languages
of the journal.
- A short biographical note of 2-3 lines
is also requested.
- Please, don't forget to include an
address for correspondence (which will
not be published).
