# biblatex-sbl — SBL style files for biblatex This package provides biblatex support for citations in the format specified by the second edition of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Handbook of Style. All example notes and bibliography entries from the handbook are supported. ## Documentation * `biblatex-sbl.pdf`: Style usage and documentation summary. * `biblatex-sbl.bib`: Database entries for all example citations in the handbook. * `biblatex-sbl-test.pdf`: Example usage for all example citations in the handbook. * `biblatex-sbl-ibid.pdf`: Example usage of *ibidem* and *idem* settings. * `sbl-paper.sty`: A style file for papers matching the Student Supplement to the SBLHS. * `sbl-paper-bibleref.ist`: An index style file for printing a Scripture Reference Index (used with `sbl-paper.sty`). * `sbl-paper.tex`: An example paper using `sbl-paper.sty`. ## Manual Installation * Copy `biblatex-sbl.def`, `sbl.cbx`, `sbl.bbx`, `sbl.dbx`, and `*.lbx` into `$TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/biblatex-sbl/` * Copy `*.pdf` and `sbl-paper.tex` into `$TEXMFHOME/doc/latex/biblatex-sbl/` * Copy `sbl-paper.sty` into `$TEXMFHOME/tex/latex/sbl-paper/` * Copy `sbl-paper-bibleref.ist` into `$TEXMFHOME/makeindex/sbl-paper/` * Copy `biblatex-sbl.bib` into `$TEXMFHOME/bibtex/bib/biblatex-sbl/` You can find `$TEXMFHOME` by running: ``` kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFHOME ``` ## Requirements The following packages are required: * `biblatex` (version 3.5 or higher) with the `biber` backend * `xparse` ## Licence ``` Copyright 2015-2016 David Purton This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later version. The latest version of this license is in http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. This work has the LPPL maintenance status `maintained'. The Current Maintainer of this work is David Purton. ```