CHIEF ABBREVIATIONS

1QS – Rule of the Community, Manual of Discipline

AB – Anchor Bible

ABD – Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1972)

ABR – Australian Biblical Review

ACCSJ – Joel C. Elowsky, ed., Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament, 4a: John 1–10; 4b: John 11–21

AJPS – Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies

ANF – The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to ad 325

Ant. – Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Apol. I – Justin Martyr, Apology I

ATR – Anglican Theological Review

AUSS – Andrews University Seminary Studies

BAR – Biblical Archaeology Review

BBR – Bulletin for Biblical Research

BDAG – A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, ed. W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich, 3rd edn (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)

BECNT – Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

Bib – Biblica

BibInt – Biblical Interpretation

BibToday – Bible Today

BNTC – Black’s New Testament Commentaries

b. Sabb. – Shabbath (Babylonian Talmud)

BSac – Bibliotheca Sacra

CBQ – Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Dial. Tryph. – Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho

DJG – Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels

Eccl. Hist. – Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History

Eccl. Rab. – Ecclesiastes Rabbah

EGGNT – Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament

EQ – Evangelical Quarterly

ER – Ecumenical Review

et – English translation

ExpTim – Expository Times

Heb. – Hebrew

IBS – Irish Biblical Studies

Ign. Eph. – Ignatius, Letter to the Ephesians

IVPNTC – The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

JBL – Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS – Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JSNT – Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JTS – Journal of Theological Studies

LCL – Loeb Classical Library

Lev. Rab. – Leviticus Rabbah

lit. – literally

LNTS – Library of New Testament Studies

lxx – Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament)

m. ‘Abot – Aboth (Mishnah)

m. Bek. – Bekhoroth (Mishnah)

m. Ber. – Berakoth (Mishnah)

m. Hor. – Horayoth (Mishnah)

m. Ketub. – Ketuboth (Mishnah)

m. Kil. – Kilaim (Mishnah)

m. Ma’asS. – Maaser Sheni (Mishnah)

m. Ned. – Nedarim (Mishnah)

m. Nid. – Niddah (Mishnah)

m. Ohol. – Oholoth (Mishnah)

m. Pesah. – Pesahim (Mishnah)

m. Sabb. – Shabbath (Mishnah)

m. Sanh. – Sanhedrin (Mishnah)

m. Sukk. – Sukkah (Mishnah)

m. Yoma – Yoma (Mishnah)

Nat. Hist. – Pliny (the Elder), Natural History

NBC – New Bible Commentary

NCB – New Century Bible

Neot – Neotestamentica

NICNT – New International Commentary on the New Testament

NovT – Novum Testamentum

NT – New Testament

NTS – New Testament Studies

OT – Old Testament

par. – parallels

PNTC – Pillar New Testament Commentary

P. Oxy. – The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Pss. Sol. – Psalms of Solomon

Qoh. Rab. – Qohelet Rabbah

RB – Revue biblique

SBLSS – Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series

SBT – Studies in Biblical Theology

Scorp. – Tertullian, Scorpiace

SEÅ – Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok

Sib. Or. – Sibylline Oracles

SNTSMS – Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

Spec. Leg. – Philo, On the Special Laws

Str-B – [H. L. Strack and] P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch (Munich: Beck, 1922–1961)

s.v. – sub verbo (under the word)

TDNT – Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, ed. G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964–1976)

T. Jos. – Testament of Joseph

T. Jud. – Testament of Judah

T. Levi – Testament of Levi

TrinJ – Trinity Journal

TynBul – Tyndale Bulletin

Vit. – The Life of Flavius Josephus

VoxRef – Vox Reformata

Wars – Josephus, The Wars of the Jews

WBC – Word Biblical Commentary

WUNT – Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

y. Sukk. – Sukkah (Jerusalem Talmud)

Bible versions

kjv – King James Version

niv – New International Version (2011)

nrsv – New Revised Standard Version (1989)

reb – Revised English Bible (1989)

rsv – Revised Standard Version (1971)

rv – Revised Version

Philo and Josephus are cited from the Loeb Classical Library edition (LCL), Justin Martyr from The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ANF) and the Mishnah from Danby’s translation.