ABBREVIATIONS

1QH – Hôdāyôt (Thanksgiving Hymns) from Qumran Cave 1

ABDAnchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992)

ANE – Ancient Near East(ern)

AOTC – Apollos Old Testament Commentary

b. B. Bat. – Babylonian Talmud Baba Batra

BBR – Bulletin for Biblical Research

Bib – Biblica

BZAW – Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

CBQ – Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CBR – Currents in Biblical Research

COSThe Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World, ed. W. W. Hallo and K. L. Younger, Jr, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 2003)

DOTPrDictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets, ed. M. J. Boda and J. G. McConville (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press; Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2012)

evv – English versions

JBL – Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS – Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JNES – Journal of Near Eastern Studies

JNSL – Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

JSOT – Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

JSOTSup – Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series

LHB/OTS – Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

lxx – Septuagint

mg. – Marginal reading

mt – Masoretic Text

NICOT – New International Commentary on the Old Testament

NIDOTTE – New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, ed. W. A. VanGemeren, 5 vols. (Carlisle: Paternoster; Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996)

OTE – Old Testament Essays

TDOTTheological Dictionary of the Old Testament, ed. G. J. Botterweck, H. Ringgren and H.-J. Fabry, trans. J. T. Willis, G. W. Bromiley, D. E. Green and D. W. Stott, 15 vols. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974–2006)

TOTC – Tyndale Old Testament Commentary

TynBul – Tyndale Bulletin

VT – Vetus Testamentum

WTJ – Westminster Theological Journal

ZAW – Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

Bible versions

esv – From the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

niv – From The Holy Bible, New International Version (Anglicized edition). Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, an Hachette UK company. All rights reserved. ‘niv’ is a registered trademark of Biblica. UK trademark number 1448790.

nrsv – From the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.