Volume Numbers for Bible Commentaries

[aaronparish]

Q for Sonny Software


I would love some help. I am very new to Bookends and not great at all at this “coding.” But LOVE the product.

PROBLEM #1

Current Citation:
a, t ~, ed. ~e | ~, trans. ~u3* ~, ~u2~ ed.~ ~, ~u13~ vols.~|~ ~ |~, ~j v` (`{u11;$ repr., $} |~; ~, l: u, d`)`
Current Bib:
a. t. $Edited by $e. $ Translated by $u3*. u2*$ ed. $ u13$ vols. $ ~. ~j {v.^$. $} u11~. Repr.,~ l: u, d`.`

I have to cite Bible commentary series quite a bit. There are two places where a vol. number might go. If there are 2 volumes on the book of John in the International Critical Commentary Series, then the volume number would come after the title. Like this:
citation:
J. H. Bernard, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. John, vol. 2, International Critical Commentary Series (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1928), 326.
Bib:
Bernard, J. H. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. John, vol. 2. International Critical Commentary Series. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1928.

If, on the other hand, the Series itself had multiple volumes, then the vol. # would follow the series, not the book. Mind you, this produces properly.
Citation:
Peter C. Craigie, Psalms 1–50, Word Biblical Commentary Series, vol. 19 (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983), 50.
Bib:
Craigie, Peter C. Psalms 1-50. Word Biblical Commentary Series, vol. 19. Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983.

I noticed that there are two options for “volume”. The first is simply “Volume”. It produces data after the Series.
The second is “volume #” but I can’t get it to produce anything under any circumstances.

PROBLEM #3
Here’s the correct format for my journal article: a, “t,” f v, $no. $i (d): p-. {$https://dx.doi.org/$u17^z}.
My problem is that “i” (for “Issue number”) does not appear as a field in my “Journal Article” reference type.

PROBLEM #4
The above coding for my journal article is producing 2 colons after the year:
S. J. Joubert, “A Bone of Contention in Recent Scholarship: The “Birkat Ha-Minim” and the Separation of Church and Synagogue in the First Century,” Neotestamentica 27, n. 2 (1993):: 352–353.


…and it’s not including the period after the page number.

[Jon]

Thank you.

#1. It's pretty dense, not sure I totally follow. But Volume and Volume # are entered in two different fields (for a book, Volume # is in User14, which in the format would be referred to as u14). If nothing is entered in User14 (Volume #), nothing will be output. I also don't see u14 used in you format.

#3. Issue is a pseudo-field. Bookends expects it to be in the Volume field, in parentheses: 5(12), where 5 is the volume and 12 is the issue. This is for journal articles only, of course.

#4. I don't see how that format could result in 2 colons. This happens for all journal articles? Or just one? If all, please contact support at support@sonnysoftware.com and attach the format you created and your library so I can see what you do.

Jon
Sonny Software