1QH – Hôdāyôt (Thanksgiving Hymns) from Qumran Cave 1
ABD – Anchor 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
COS – The 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)
DOTPr – Dictionary 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
TDOT – Theological 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
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.