ABBREVIATIONS

Bible Texts, Versions, Etc.

ASV

American Standard Version

AT

The Complete Bible: An American Translation (NT: E. J. Goodspeed)

Barclay

The New Testament, A New Translation

Beck

New Testament in Language of Today

BHS

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

CEV

Contemporary English Version

CSB

Christian Standard Bible

ESV

English Standard Version

GNB

Good News Bible (see also TEV)

GWT

God’s Word Translation

JB

Jerusalem Bible

KJV

King James Version

Knox

Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate

LXX

Septuagint (the Greek OT)

MLB

Modern Language Bible

Moffatt

A New Translation of the Bible, James Moffatt

Montgomery

Centenary Translation of the New Testament in Modern English

MT

Masoretic Text of the OT

NA27

Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland, 27th ed.

NAB

New American Bible

NASB

New American Standard Bible

NCV

New Century Version

NEB

New English Bible

NET

New English Translation (www.netbible.com)

NIV

New International Version

NJB

New Jerusalem Bible

NKJV

New King James Version

NLT

New Living Translation

Norlie

New Testament in Modern English

NRSV

New Revised Standard Version

NT

New Testament

OT

Old Testament

Phillips

New Testament in Modern English, J. B. Phillips

REB

Revised English Bible

Rieu

Penguin Bible

RSV

Revised Standard Version

RV

Revised Version

Samar.

Samaritan Pentateuch

TCNT

Twentieth Century New Testament

TEV

Today’s English Version

TNIV

Today’s New International Version

UBS4

The Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies, 4th ed.

Vul.

Vulgate

Weymouth

New Testament in Modern Speech, R. F. Weymouth

Williams

The New Testament in the Language of the People, C. B. Williams

Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha

Ge

Genesis

Ex

Exodus

Lev

Leviticus

Nu

Numbers

Dt

Deuteronomy

Jos

Joshua

Jdg

Judges

Ru

Ruth

1–2Sa

1–2 Samuel

1–2 Kgdms

1–2 Kingdoms (LXX)

1–2Ki

1–2 Kings

3–4 Kgdms

3–4 Kingdoms (LXX)

1–2Ch

1–2 Chronicles

Ezr

Ezra

Ne

Nehemiah

Est

Esther

Job

Job

Ps/Pss

Psalm/Psalms

Pr

Proverbs

Ecc

Ecclesiastes

SS

Song of Songs

Isa

Isaiah

Jer

Jeremiah

La

Lamentations

Eze

Ezekiel

Da

Daniel

Hos

Hosea

Joel

Joel

Am

Amos

Ob

Obadiah

Jnh

Jonah

Mic

Micah

Na

Nahum

Hab

Habakkuk

Zep

Zephaniah

Hag

Haggai

Zec

Zechariah

Mal

Malachi

Mt

Matthew

Mk

Mark

Lk

Luke

Jn

John

Ac

Acts

Ro

Romans

1–2Co

1–2 Corinthians

Gal

Galatians

Eph

Ephesians

Php

Philippians

Col

Colossians

1–2Th

1–2 Thessalonians

1–2Ti

1–2 Timothy

Tit

Titus

Phm

Philemon

Heb

Hebrews

Jas

James

1–2Pe

1–2 Peter

1–2–3Jn

1–2–3 John

Jude

Jude

Rev

Revelation

Add Esth

Additions to Esther

Add Dan

Additions to Daniel

Bar

Baruch

Bel

Bel and the Dragon

Ep Jer

Epistle of Jeremiah

1–2 Esd

1–2 Esdras

1–2 Macc

1–2 Maccabees

3–4 Macc

3–4 Maccabees

Jdt

Judith

Pr Azar

Prayer of Azariah

Pr Man

Prayer of Manasseh

Ps 151

Psalm 151

Sir

Sirach/Ecclesiasticus

Sus

Susanna

Tob

Tobit

Wis

Wisdom of Solomon

Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts

CD

Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document

1QapGen

Genesis Apocryphon (texts from Qumran)

1QH

Hôdāyōt or Thanksgiving Hymns (texts from Qumran)

1QIsa

Isaiah (texts from Qumran)

1QM

Milḥāmāh or War Scroll (texts from Qumran)

1QpHab

Pesher Habakkuk (texts from Qumran)

1QS

Serek hayyaḥad or Rule of the Community (texts from Qumran)

1QSa

Rule of the Congregation (texts from Qumran)

1QpMic

Pesher Micah (text from Qumran)

4QpNa

Pesher Nahum (texts from Qumran)

4QpPs

Pesher Psalms (texts from Qumran)

4Q44 (4QDtq)

Deuteronomy (texts from Qumran)

4Q174

Florilegium (texts from Qumran)

4Q252

Commentary on Genesis A, formerly Patriarchal Blessings (texts from Qumran)

4Q394

Miqṣat Maʿaśê ha-Toraha (texts from Qumran)

4Q400

Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (texts from Qumran)

4Q502

Ritual of Marriage (texts from Qumran)

4Q521

Messianic Apocalypse (texts from Qumran)

4Q525

Beatitudes (texts from Qumran)

11Q13

Melchizedek (texts from Qumran)

Other Ancient Texts

Abraham

On the Life of Abraham (Philo)

Ad.

Adelphi (Terence)

Aeth.

Aethiopica (Heliodorus)

Ag.

Agamemnon (Aeschylus)

Ag. Ap.

Against Apion (Josephus)

Agr.

De Lege agraria (Cicero)

Alc.

Alcibiades (Plutarch)

Alex.

Alexander the False Prophet (Lucian)

Amic.

De amicitia (Cicero)

An.

De anima (Tertullian)

Anab.

Anabasis (Xenophon)

Ann.

Annales (Tacitus)

Ant.

Antigone (Sophocles)

Ant.

Jewish Antiquities (Josephus)

Ant. rom.

Antiquitates romanae (Dionysius of Halicarnassus)

1 Apol.

First Apology (Justin Martyr)

Apol.

Apologia (Plato, Tertullian)

Apos. Con.

Apostolic Constitutions

Ascen. Isa.

Ascension of Isaiah

As. Mos.

Assumption of Moses

Att.

Epistulae ad Atticum (Cicero)

b. ʿAbod. Zar.

ʿAbodah Zarah (Babylonian Talmud)

2-4 Bar.

2-4 Baruch

b. B. Bat.

Bava Batra (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Ber.

Berakhot (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Ketub.

Ketubbot (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Meg.

Megillah (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Ned.

Nedarim (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Pesaḥ.

Pesaḥim (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Šabb.

Šabbat (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Sanh.

Sanhedrin (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Šebu.

Šebuʿot (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Taʿan.

Taʿanit (Babylonian Talmud)

b. Yebam.

Yebamot (Babylonian Talmud)

Bapt.

De baptismo (Tertullian)

Barn.

Barnabas

Ben.

De beneficiis (Seneca)

Bibl.

Bibliotheca (Photius)

Bibl. hist.

Bibliotheca historica (Diodorus Siculus)

Bride

Advice to the Bride and Groom (Plutarch)

Cels.

Contra Celsum (Origen)

Cic.

Cicero (Plutarch)

Claud.

Divus Claudius (Suetonius)

1–2 Clem.

1–2 Clement

Comm. Dan.

Commentarium in Danielem (Hippolytus)

Comm. Jo.

Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (Origen)

Comm. Matt.

Commentarium in evangelium Matthaei (Origen)

Corrept.

De correptione et gratia (Augustine)

Cyr.

Cyropaedia (Xenophon)

Decal.

De decalogo (Philo)

Decl.

Declamationes (Quintilian)

Def. orac.

De defectu oraculorum (Plutarch)

Deipn.

Deipnosophistae (Athenaeus)

Deut. Rab.

Deuteronomy Rabbah

Dial.

Dialogus cum Tryphone (Justin Martyr)

Diatr.

Diatribai (Epictetus)

Did.

Didache

Disc.

Discourses (Epictetus)

Doctr. chr.

De doctrina christiana (Augustine)

Dom.

Domitianus (Suetonius)

Ebr.

De ebrietate (Philo)

E Delph.

De E apud Delphos (Plutarch)

1–2 En.

1–2 Enoch

Ench.

Enchiridion (Epictetus)

Ep.

Epistulae morales (Seneca)

Eph.

To the Ephesians (Ignatius)

Epist.

Epistulae (Jerome, Pliny, Hippocrates)

Ep. Tra.

Epistulae ad Trajanum (Pliny)

Eth. nic.

Ethica nichomachea (Aristotle)

Exod. Rab.

Exodus Rabbah

Fam.

Epistulae ad familiares (Cicero)

Fid. Grat.

De fide ad Gratianum (Ambrose)

Flacc.

In Flaccum (Philo)

Flight

On Flight and Finding (Philo)

Fr. Prov.

Fragmenta in Proverbia (Hippolytus)

Gen. Rab.

Genesis Rabbah

Geogr.

Geographica (Strabo)

Gorg.

Gorgias (Plato)

Haer.

Adversus Haereses (Irenaeus)

Heir

Who Is the Heir? (Philo)

Hell.

Hellenica (Xenophon)

Hist.

Historicus (Polybius, Cassius Dio, Thucydides)

Hist.

Historiae (Herodotus, Tacitus)

Hist. eccl.

History of the Church (Eusebius)

Hist. Rome

The History of Rome (Livy)

Hom. Acts

Homilies on Acts (John Chrysostom)

Hom. Col.

Homilies on Colossians (John Chrysostom)

Hom. Jo.

Homilies on John (John Chrysostom)

Hom. Josh.

Homilies on Joshua (Origen)

Hom. Phil.

Homilies on Philippians (John Chrysostom)

Hom. Rom.

Homilies on Romans (John Chrysostom)

Hom. 1 Tim.

Homilies on 1 Timothy (John Chrysostom)

Hom. 2 Tim.

Homilies on 2 Timothy (John Chrysostom)

Hom. Tit.

Homilies on Titus (John Chrysostom)

Hypoth.

Hypothetica (Philo)

Inst.

Institutio oratoria (Quintilian)

Jos. Asen.

Joseph and Aseneth

Joseph

On the Life of Joseph (Philo)

Jub.

Jubilees

J.W.

Jewish War (Josephus)

L.A.E.

Life of Adam and Eve

Leg.

Legum allegoriae (Philo)

Legat.

Legatio ad Gaium (Philo)

Let. Aris.

Letter of Aristeas

Lev. Rab.

Leviticus Rabbah

Liv. Pro.

Lives of the Prophets

m. Bek.

Bekhorot (Mishnah)

m. Bik.

Bikkurim (Mishnah)

m. Giṭ.

Giṭṭin (Mishnah)

m. Mak.

Makkot (Mishnah)

m. Mid.

Middot (Mishnah)

m. Naz.

Nazir (Mishnah)

m. Ned.

Nedarim (Mishnah)

m. Nid.

Niddah (Mishnah)

m. Pesaḥ

Pesaḥim (Mishnah)

m. Šabb.

Šabbat (Mishnah)

m. Sanh.

Sanhedrin (Mishnah)

m. Tamid

Tamid (Mishnah)

m. Ṭehar.

Ṭeharot (Mishnah)

Magn.

To the Magnesians (Ignatius)

Mand.

Mandate (Shepherd of Hermas)

Marc.

Adversus Marcionem (Tertullian)

Mem.

Memorabilia (Xenophon)

Midr. Ps.

Midrash on Psalms

Migr.

De migratione Abrahami (Philo)

Mor.

Moralia (Plutarch)

Moses

On the Life of Moses (Philo)

Nat.

Naturalis historia (Pliny)

Num. Rab.

Numbers Rabbah

Onir.

Onirocritica (Artemidorus)

Or.

Orationes (Demosthenes)

Or.

Orationes (Dio Chrysostom)

Paed.

Paedagogus (Clement of Alexandria)

Peregr.

The Passing of Peregrinus (Lucian)

Pesiq. Rab.

Pesiqta Rabbati

Pesiq. Rab Kah.

Pesiqta of Rab Kahana

Phaed.

Phaedo (Plato)

Phil.

To the Philippians (Polycarp)

Phld.

To the Philadelphians (Ignatius)

Phorm.

Phormio (Terence)

Planc.

Pro Plancio (Cicero)

Plant.

De plantatione (Philo)

Pol.

Politica (Aristotle)

Pol.

To Polycarp (Ignatius)

Posterity

On the Posterity of Cain (Origen)

Praescr.

De praescriptione haereticorum (Tertullian)

Princ.

De principiis (Origen)

Prom.

Prometheus vinctus (Aeschylus)

Pss. Sol.

Psalms of Solomon

Pud.

De pudicitia (Tertullian)

Pyth.

Pythionikai (Pindar)

Pyth. orac.

De Pythiae oraculis (Plutarch)

Quaest. conv.

Quaestionum convivialum libri IX (Plutarch)

Quint. fratr.

Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem (Cicero)

Rab. Perd.

Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo (Cicero)

Resp.

Respublica (Plato)

Rewards

On Rewards and Punishments (Philo)

Rhet.

Volumina rhetorica (Philodemus)

Rom.

To the Romans (Ignatius)

Rosc. com.

Pro Roscio comoedo (Cicero)

Sacrifices

On the Sacrifices of Cain and Abel (Philo)

Sat.

Satirae (Horace, Juvenal)

Sera

De sera numinis vindicta (Plutarch)

Serm.

Sermones (Augustine)

Sib. Or.

Sibylline Oracles

Sim.

Similitudes (Shepherd of Hermas)

Smyrn.

To the Smyrnaeans (Ignatius)

Somn.

De somniis (Philo)

Spec.

De specialibus legibus (Philo)

Stat.

Ad populum Antiochenum de statuis (John Chrysostom)

Strom.

Stromata (Clement of Alexandria)

T. Ash.

Testament of Asher

T. Dan

Testament of Dan

T. Gad

Testament of Gad

Tg. Neof.

Targum Neofiti

Tg. Onq.

Targum Onqelos

Tg. Ps.-J.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

Theaet.

Theaetetus (Plato)

t. H ʿul.

H ʿullin (Tosefta)

T. Jos.

Testament of Joseph

T. Jud.

Testament of Judah

T. Levi

Testament of Levi

T. Mos.

Testament of Moses

T. Naph.

Testament of Naphtali

Trall.

To the Trallians (Ignatius)

T. Reu.

Testament of Reuben

Tusc.

Tusculanae disputationes (Cicero)

Verr.

In Verrem (Cicero)

Virt.

De virtutibus (Philo)

Vis.

Visions (Shepherd of Hermas)

Vit. Apoll.

Vita Apollonii (Philostratus)

Vit. beat.

De vita beata (Seneca)

Vit. soph.

Vitae sophistarum (Philostratus)

y. ʿAbod. Zar.

ʿAbodah Zarah (Jerusalem Talmud)

y. Ḥag.

Ḥagigah (Jerusalem Talmud)

y. Šabb.

Šabbat (Jerusalem Talmud)

Journals, Periodicals, Reference Works, Series

AASOR

Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research

AB

Anchor Bible

ABD

Anchor Bible Dictionary

ABR

Australian Biblical Review

ABRL

Anchor Bible Reference Library

ABW

Archaeology in the Biblical World

ACCS

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

ACNT

Augsburg Commentaries on the New Testament

AJSL

American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature

AnBib

Analecta biblica

ANEP

The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament

ANET

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament

ANF

Ante-Nicene Fathers

AnOr

Analecta orientalia

ANRW

Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt

ASORMS

American Schools of Oriental Research Monograph Series

ASTI

Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute

AThR

Anglican Theological Review

AUSDDS

Andrews University Seminary Doctoral Dissertation Series

AUSS

Andrews University Seminary Studies

BA

Biblical Archaeologist

BAGD

Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich, and Danker (2d ed.). Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

BAR

Biblical Archaeology Review

BASOR

Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research

BBR

Bulletin for Biblical Research

BDAG

Bauer, Danker, Arndt, and Gingrich (3d ed.). Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

BDB

Brown, Driver, and Briggs. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament

BDF

Blass, Debrunner, and Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature

BEB

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

BECNT

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

Ber

Berytus

BETL

Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium

BGU

Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden

BI

Biblical Illustrator

Bib

Biblica

BibInt

Biblical Interpretation

BibOr

Biblica et orientalia

BibS(N)

Biblische Studien (Neukirchen)

Bijdr

Bijdragen: Tijdschrit voor filosofie en theologie

BJRL

Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester

BJS

Brown Judaic Studies

BKAT

Biblischer Kommentar, Altes Testament

BR

Biblical Research

BRev

Bible Review

BSac

Bibliotheca sacra

BST

The Bible Speaks Today

BT

The Bible Translator

BTB

Biblical Theology Bulletin

BZ

Biblische Zeitschrift

BZAW

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

BZNW

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

CAD

Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

CAH

Cambridge Ancient History

CahRB

Cahiers de la Revue biblique

CBC

Cambridge Bible Commentary

CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CGTC

Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

CH

Church History

ChrT

Christianity Today

CIG

Corpus inscriptionum graecarum

CIL

Corpus inscriptionum latinarum

CJT

Canadian Journal of Theology

ConBNT

Coniectanea biblica: New Testament Series

ConBOT

Coniectanea biblica: Old Testament Series

COS

The Context of Scripture

CTJ

Calvin Theological Journal

CTM

Concordia Theological Monthly

CTR

Criswell Theological Review

DDD

Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible

DJD

Discoveries in the Judean Desert

DRev

Downside Review

DukeDivR

Duke Divinity Review

EA

EI-Amarna tablets

EBC

Expositor’s Bible Commentary

ECC

Eerdmans Critical Commentary

EcR

Ecumenical Review

EDNT

Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament

EGT

Expositor’s Greek Testament

ErIsr

Eretz-Israel

ESCJ

Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme (Studies in Christianity and Judaism)

EstBib

Estudios biblicos

ETS

Evangelical Theological Society

EuroJTh

European Journal of Theology

EvQ

Evangelical Quarterly

ExAud

Ex auditu

Exeg

Exegetica

ExpTim

Expository Times

FF

Foundations and Facets

FRLANT

Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

GBS

Guides to Biblical Scholarship

GKC

Genesius’ Hebrew Grammar

GNS

Good News Studies

GR

Greece and Rome

Grammar

A Grammar of the Greek New Testament; in the Light of Historical Research (A. T. Robertson)

GRBS

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies

HALOT

Koehler, Baumgartner, and Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament

HBD

HarperCollins Bible Dictionary

HBT

Horizons in Biblical Theology

Herm

Hermeneia commentary series

HeyJ

Heythrop Journal

HNT

Handbuch zum Neuen Testament

HNTC

Harper’s New Testament Commentaries

Hor

Horizons

HSM

Harvard Semitic Monographs

HSS

Harvard Semitic Studies

HTKNT

Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

HTR

Harvard Theological Review

HTS

Harvard Theological Studies

HUCA

Hebrew Union College Annual

IB

Interpreter’s Bible

IBC

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

IBS

Irish Biblical Studies

ICC

International Critical Commentary

IDB

Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible

IDBSup

Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible: Supplement

IJT

Indian Journal of Theology

Int

Interpretation

ISBE

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 2d ed.

IVPNTC

IVP New Testament Commentary

JAAR

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

JAARSup

JAAR Supplement Series

JANESCU

Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University

JAOS

Journal of the American Oriental Society

JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature

JBMW

Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Jeev

Jeevadhara

JETS

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JNES

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

JNSL

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

JPOS

Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society

JPS

Jewish Publication Society

JQR

Jewish Quarterly Review

JRS

Journal of Roman Studies

JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JSNTSup

JSNT Supplement Series

JSOT

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

JSOTSup

JSOT Supplement Series

JSP

Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha

JSS

Journal of Semitic Studies

JTC

Journal for Theology and the Church

JTS

Journal of Theological Studies

K&D

Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

KEK

Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament

KTU

Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit

L&N

Louw and Nida. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains

LCC

Library of Christian Classics

LCL

Loeb Classical Library

LEC

Library of Early Christianity

LSJ

Liddell, Scott, and Jones. A Greek-English Lexicon

MM

Moulton and Milligan. The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament

NAC

New American Commentary

NBD

New Bible Dictionary, 2d ed.

NCBC

New Century Bible Commentary

Neot

Neotestamentica

NewDocs

New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity

NIBC

New International Biblical Commentary

NICNT

New International Commentary on the New Testament

NICOT

New International Commentary on the Old Testament

NIDNTT

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

NIDOTTE

New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis

NIGTC

New International Greek Testament Commentary

NIVAC

NIV Application Commentary

NIVSB

Zondervan NIV Study Bible

Notes

Notes on Translation

NovT

Novum Testamentum

NovTSup

Novum Testamentum Supplements

NPNF

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers

NTC

New Testament Commentary (Baker)

NTD

Das Neue Testament Deutsch

NTG

New Testament Guides

NTS

New Testament Studies

NTT

New Testament Theology

NTTS

New Testament Tools and Studies

OJRS

Ohio Journal of Religious Studies

OLA

Orientalia lovaniensia analecta

Or

Orientalia (NS)

OTL

Old Testament Library

OtSt

Oudtestamentische Studien

PEGLMBS

Proceedings, Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Bible Societies

PEQ

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

PG

Patrologia graeca

PL

Patrologia latina

PNTC

Pillar New Testament Commentary

Presb

Presbyterion

PresR

Presbyterian Review

PRSt

Perspectives in Religious Studies

PTMS

Pittsburgh Theological Monograph Series

PTR

Princeton Theological Review

RB

Revue biblique

RBibLit

Review of Biblical Literature

RefJ

Reformed Journal

RelSRev

Religious Studies Review

ResQ

Restoration Quarterly

RevExp

Review and Expositor

RHPR

Revue d’histoire et de philosophie religieuses

RTR

Reformed Theological Review

SBB

Stuttgarter biblische Beiträge

SBJT

Southern Baptist Journal of Theology

SBLDS

Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series

SBLSP

Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers

SBLWAW

Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World

SBT

Studies in Biblical Theology

ScEccl

Sciences ecclésiastiques

ScrHier

Scripta hierosolymitana

SE

Studia evangelica

SEG

Supplementum epigraphicum graecum

Sem

Semitica

SJLA

Studies in Judaism of Late Antiquity

SJT

Scottish Journal of Theology

SNT

Studien zum Neuen Testament

SNTSMS

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

SNTSU

Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt

SP

Sacra Pagina

SR

Studies in Religion

ST

Studia theologica

Str-B

Strack, H. L., and P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch

SUNT

Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments

SVF

Stoicorum veterum fragmenta

SwJT

Southwestern Journal of Theology

TA

Tel Aviv

TBT

The Bible Today

TDNT

Kittel and Friedrich. Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

TDOT

Botterweck and Ringgren. Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament

TF

Theologische Forschung

THAT

Theologisches Handwörterbuch zum Alten Testament

Them

Themelios

ThEv

Theologia Evangelica

THKNT

Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament

ThTo

Theology Today

TJ

Theological Lexicon of the New Testament

TNTC

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

TOTC

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

TS

Theological Studies

TWOT

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament

TynBul

Tyndale Bulletin

TZ

Theologische Zeitschrift

UBD

Unger’s Bible Dictionary

VE

Vox evangelica

VT

Vetus Testamentum

VTSup

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum

WBC

Word Biblical Commentary

WMANT

Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament

WTJ

Westminster Theological Journal

WUNT

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

YCS

Yale Classical Studies

ZAW

Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

ZNW

Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älterern Kirche

ZPEB

Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible

ZWT

Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie

General

AD

anno Domini (in the year of [our] Lord)

Akkad.

Akkadian

Arab.

Arabic

Aram.

Aramaic

BC

before Christ

ca.

circa (around, about, approximately)

cf.

confer, compare

ch(s).

chapter(s)

d.

died

diss.

dissertation

ed(s).

editor(s), edited by, edition

e.g.

exempli gratia, for example

esp.

especially

et al.

et alii, and others

EV

English versions of the Bible

f(f).

and the following one(s)

fig.

figuratively

frg.

fragment

Gk.

Greek

GK

Goodrick & Kohlenberger numbering system

Heb.

Hebrew

ibid.

ibidem, in the same place

i.e.

id est, that is

Lat.

Latin

lit.

literally

MS(S)

manuscript(s)

n(n).

note(s)

n.d.

no date

NS

New Series

p(p).

page(s)

par.

parallel (indicates textual parallels)

repr.

reprinted

rev.

revised

s.v.

sub verbo, under the word

Syr.

Syriac

TR

Textus Receptus (Greek text of the KJV translation)

trans.

translator, translated by

v(v).

verse(s)

vs.

versus