Manuscript Editing for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Journal Articles
Founded in 1939, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. It publishes scholarship on biblical interpretation across a wide range of established and new methods. The association publishes it quarterly, and its general editor is at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
Articles run 4,500 to 10,000 words, footnotes included, with footnotes normally no more than a third of the total; shorter manuscripts are preferred. Citations follow the CBQ instructions for contributors, with the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, for anything they leave open. References go in footnotes with full given names at first mention, and there is no bibliography. Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Syriac, and Coptic appear in their original alphabets in Unicode. The journal asks for gender-inclusive language and renders the divine name as Yhwh. A short abstract and keywords sit below the title. Review is double-blind. Off the Grid Editing applies the house rules for biblical, Qumran, and Josephus citations. Submissions go by email as a PDF to the general editor.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to The Catholic Biblical Quarterly. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to The Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
The association's instructions for contributors cover length, notes, and ancient languages. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our journal article and essay editing page explains how we edit biblical scholarship, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the Journal of Biblical Literature and Theological Studies.
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