Authors are invited to submit original research articles and review articles that have not been published previously and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All submissions must be prepared in accordance with the journal's editorial and bibliographic requirements. Manuscripts that do not comply with these guidelines may be returned to the authors for technical revision before entering the peer-review process.

Manuscript Preparation

Length

Research articles should not exceed 40,000 characters (including spaces and references). Reviews should not exceed 15,000 characters (including spaces).

Language

Manuscripts are accepted in:

• English
• Polish
• French
• German
• Italian

Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) files.

Use:

• Times New Roman, 12 pt
• 1.5 line spacing
• footnotes in 10 pt
• A4 page format

Do not use manual formatting such as multiple spaces, manual hyphenation, text highlighting, or unnecessary styles.

Required Elements

Each submission must include:

• title;
• abstract (100–150 words);
• 3–5 keywords;
• bibliography;
• author affiliation;
• ORCID iD;
• e-mail address;
• short biographical note.

Structure

The manuscript should normally contain:

• Introduction
• Main sections
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

Subheadings are encouraged where appropriate.

Citations and References

Studia Gdańskie uses an author–date citation style.

Examples:

• (McCormick 2007, 54)
• (McCormick 2007, 54; Dohmen 2021, 40.45.71–73)

Do not use abbreviations such as cf.

The bibliography should be arranged alphabetically and include only works cited in the text.

Examples

Book

Butler, T. C. 2009. Judges. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Journal article

Kubiś, A. 2016. Znaczenie pozycji aniołów w grobie Jezusa w J 20,12. The Biblical Annals 6(3): 459–493.

Book chapter

Szamocki, G. 2021. The Motif of God's Mountain and Transhumanism in the Biblical Perspective. In: R. Petkovšek & B. Žalec (eds.), Transhumanism as a Challenge for Ethics and Religion, 181–188.

Online resource

Pioske, D. 2019. First Temple. https://www.bibleodyssey.org/places/main-articles/first-temple (accessed 13 May 2022).

Biblical References

References to biblical books should follow the standard abbreviations adopted by the journal.

Research Funding

If the manuscript results from a funded research project, this information should be included in the first footnote together with the grant number.

Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's online submission system.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright to their published work.

By submitting a manuscript to Studia Gdańskie, authors grant the Publisher  a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to publish, distribute, archive, and preserve the article in printed and electronic forms, and to make it available through indexing services, repositories, and databases.

Articles published in Studia Gdańskie are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) licence.

This licence permits anyone to:

• share (copy and redistribute) the published material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes,

provided that:

• appropriate credit is given to the author(s);
• a link to the licence is provided;
• any modifications are clearly indicated; and
• the work is not distributed in an adapted or modified form.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any third-party material included in their manuscripts where such permission is required.

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