sbltex – A bundle of LaTeX styles for SBL style documents

The sbltex bundle provides a set of LaTeX style files for typesetting documents in line with the requirements of the Society of Biblical Literature.

The bundle includes:

• bibleref-sbl — SBL style for the bibleref and bibleref-parse LaTeX packages
• sblfonts — Font and language set up for SBL style documents
• sblidx — A LaTeX package for SBL style indices
• sblarticle — A LaTeX class for SBL style articles and papers
• sblreport — A LaTeX class for SBL style theses
• sblbook — A LaTeX class for SBL print ready books

Bibliographic references are supported using the biblatex-sbl package which implements SBL style for the biblatex package.

Installation from TeXLive or MiKTeX

The sbltex bundle packages and classes are distributed separately in TeXLive and MiKTeX and can be installed in the usual way. E.g., in TeXLive by running:

tlmgr install bibleref-sbl
tlmgr install sblfonts
tlmgr install sblidx
tlmgr install sblarticle
tlmgr install sblreport
tlmgr install sblbook

Installation from Git Source

sbltex uses the l3build system.

Clone the git repository using:

git clone https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex.git

Change to the sbltex directory, and then all package, class and documentation files can be installed by running:

l3build install --full

Licence

Copyright (c) 2026 David Purton <dcpurton@marshwiggle.net>

This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of
the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3c 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 1.3c or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
version 2005/12/01 or later.

This work is "maintained" (as per the LPPL maintenance status)
by David Purton.