STUDIES IN PLATONISM, NEOPLATONISM, AND THE PLATONIC TRADITION

Shaping the θεῖος ἀνήρ. Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in Late Antiquity
Marco Alviz Fernández and David Hernández de la Fuente (eds.)

Instructions for authors

Language

Articles should be written in English (British spelling), which should be consistent

throughout. The author(s) should make sure that the article is written in good English. If
English is not your native language, it is recommended to have a native speaker check
the article before submission. All foreign words (including Latin, Greek, and Hebrew)
should include an English translation. Capital letters should only be used if it is a part of
the language used.

Length

Articles should be 4.000-7.000 words, including notes and bibliography.

Manuscript Structure

General

Manuscripts should be single spaced and typed in 12-point, standard, Times New
Roman font. There should be no borders or shading.

Abstracts and Keywords

Articles must include an abstract at the beginning of the article limited to some 100
words. Please also provide 5-6 keywords that are important in your article and add a
short academic biography up to 100 words.

Headings

Headings are numbered and should be flush left, e.g.:

1. This is the First Level Heading

Footnotes

Latin and Greek authors and works according to the LSJ.

Citations should be included in the text as footnotes (no endnotes or in-text citations),
e.g., Author name and year of publication appear in the annotations as follows:
 Shaping the θεῖος ἀνήρ. Holiness, Charisma and Leadership in Late Antiquity
Marco Alviz Fernández and David Hernández de la Fuente (eds.)

1
Author 2020, 233–239.

Bibliography

Literature cited has to be put in a bibliography alphabetically ordered at the end of the
contribution that provides all titles mentioned in the text (but only titles that are referred
to in the article). References collected in the bibliography should follow the format
below:

Monographs: Author, A.: Title of the book, Berlin 2017.

Publication in volumes: Author, A.: “Title of paper,” in: E. Editor – C. Coeditor (eds.),
Title of volume, Berlin 2017, 233–239.

Journal articles: Author, A.: “Title of the article,” KLIO 100.1, 2018, 1–100. [Journal
titles should be abbreviated according to L’Année Philologique].

Lexikon entry: Author, A.: s. v. Lemma, in: RE I.1, 1950, 100–105.

Quotations

All direct quotes must be cited. The author guarantees that all quotes are accurately
spelled and precisely quoted from the source material.

For direct quotes, double quotation marks should be used (“ ”). For terms under
consideration, please use single quotation marks (‘ ’).

Commas and periods are placed within closing quotation marks, whether single or
double.

Colons, semicolons, question marks, and exclamation points are all placed outside of
closing quotation marks.

Italics
Bold should not be used in the article; please use italics if you wish to choose to
emphasize words or phrases. Commonly used scholarly words should not be italicized,
such as: ‘ibid.,’ ‘et al.,’ ‘i.e.,’ etc.
Foreign words that are not frequently used in English should be italicized. This includes
Latin and Greek.
Bible Citations
Bible citations should be provided as follows:
Prov. 2: 5; 1 Cor. 2: 12; 2 Cor. 3: 1–6.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us