# sblbook – A LaTeX class for SBL style print ready books

[`sblbook`](https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex/tree/main/sblbook)
provides a LaTeX class for producing articles and papers conforming to the
style required by the Society of Biblical Literature. It depends on
[`sblfonts`](https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex/tree/main/sblfonts) for
language support, [`biblatex-sbl`](https://github.com/dcpurton/biblatex-sbl)
for referencing,
[`sblidx`](https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex/tree/main/sblidx) for indexing
and
[`bibleref-sbl`](https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex/tree/main/bibleref-sbl)
for Scripture references.

## Installation

The [`sblbook`](https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex/tree/main/sblbook) class
is in TeXLive and MiKTeX and can be installed in the usual way through your
distribution. E.g., in TeXLive by running:

```
tlmgr install sblbook
```

For installation from GitHub, see https://github.com/dcpurton/sbltex.

Note that the example book, `sbltex-book.tex`, needs `biblatex-sbl.bib`
which is distributed in the `biblatex-sbl` package.


## 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.
```