Single Author - MLA 9, pp 313
Last name, First name. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Publisher, year of publishing.
Talbert, Charles H. Reading John: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Crossroads, 1992.
(Talbert 127)
Multi-Author - MLA 9, pp 313
Last name, First name and First name Last name of second author. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Publisher, year of publishing.
If more than 2 authors: Last name, First name, et al. ....
Robinson, James M. and Helmut Koester. Trajectories Through Early Christianity. Fortress Press, 1971.
(Robinson and Koester 237)
if three or more, (Robinson et. al 237)
Corporate Author or Anonymous - MLA 9, pp 313
Proper and Full Name of the Corporate Group. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Publisher, year of publishing.
If no author given, skip the element and start with the title.
National Research Council. Beyond Six Billion: forecasting the World's Population. Natl. Acad., 2000.
(Natl. Research Council 147)
Chapter or Work in Anthology - MLA 9, pp 317
Last name, First name. "Title of Chapter in Quotation Marks and Nouns and Verbs Capitalized." Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, edited by First Name Last Name, Publisher, year of publishing.
Attridge, Harold A. "Jewish Historiography." Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters, edited by R. A. Kraft and G. W. E. Nickelsburg, Fortress Press, 1986, pp 311-43.
(Attridge 311-43)
Author and Editor - MLA 9, pp 314
Last name, First name. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, edited by First Name Last Name, Publisher, year of publishing.
Schillebeeckx, Edward. The Schillebeeckx Reader, edited by Robert J. Schreiter, T&T Clark, 1986.
(Schillebeeckx 20)
Single Editor - MLA 9, pp 314
Last name, First name, editor. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Publisher, year of publishing.
Tigay, Jeffrey H., editor. Empirical Models for Biblical Criticism. University of Pennsylvania P, 1985.
(Tigay 35)
Multi-Editor - MLA 9, pp 314
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name, editors. Title of Book in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Publisher, date of publication.
If more than 2 editors: Last name, First name, et al., editors ....
Nickelsburg, George W. E., and Robert A. Kraft, editors. Early Judaism and Its Modern Interpreters. Fortress Press, 1986.
(Nickelsburg and Kraft xii)
Introduction, Forward, Preface, or Afterword - MLA 9, pp 318
Last Name, First Name. Introduction. Title of the Book in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, edited by First Name Last Name, translated by First Name Last Name, Publisher, date of publication, pp. page numbers.
Boers, Hendrickus. Introduction. How to Read the New Testament: An Introduction to Linguistic and Historical-Critical Methodology, edited by Wilhelm Egger, translated by P. Heinegg, Hendrickson, 1996, pp. xi-xxi.
(Boers xi-xxi)
Author, Editor, and Translator - MLA 9, pp 314
Author's Last name, First name. Title of Book in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized, edited by First Name Last Name, translated by First Name Last Name, publisher, year of publication.
Blass, F. and A. Debrunner. Grammatica del greco del Nuovo Testamento, edited by F. Rehkoph, translated by G. Pisi, Paideia, 1982.
(Blass and Debrunner 40)
Editions - MLA 9, 5.50
Last Name, First Name, editor. Title of Work in Italics with Nouns and Verbs Capitalized. Number of edition ed., Publisher, date of publication.
Pritchard, James B., editor. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed., Princeton UP, 1969.
(Pritchard xxi)