Abbreviations for books of the Bible, pseudepigrapha, rabbinic works, papyri, classical works, and the like are readily available in sources such as The SBL Handbook of Style and are not included here.
AB Anchor Bible
ABR Australian Biblical Review
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ACCS Ancient Christian Commentary Series
ACNT Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament
AE Luther’s Works. St. Louis: Concordia; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1955–[American Edition].
ANTC Abingdon New Testament Commentaries
BCBC Believers Church Bible Commentary
BDAG A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, third edition, rev. and ed. Frederick W. Danker.
BDF A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, trans. and ed. Robert W. Funk.
BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Bib Biblica
BSac Bibliotheca sacra
BST The Bible Speaks Today
BT The Bible Translator
BTNT Biblical Theology of the New Testament
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CEB Common English Bible
CurBS Currents in Research: Biblical Studies
ESV English Standard Version
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
GTJ Grace Theological Journal
ICC International Critical Commentary
IVPNTC The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JGRChJ Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism
JPT Journal of Pentecostal Theology
JRS Journal of Roman Studies
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
LN J. P. Louw and Eugene A. Nida, Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains. New York: United Bible Societies, 1989.
LNTS Library of New Testament Studies
LS Henry G. Liddell and Robert Scott, Greek–English Lexicon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.
MNTC The Moffatt New Testament Commentary
NAC New American Commentary
NASB New American Standard Bible
NBBC New Beacon Bible Commentary
NCBC New Century Bible Commentary
Neot Neotestamentica
NET New English Translation
NETS The New English Translation of the Septuagint
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIDNTT New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, ed. Colin Brown, 4 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975–1978.
NIV New International Version
NIVAC New International Version Application Commentary
NJB New Jerusalem Bible
NKJV New King James Version
NovT Novum Testamentum
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NTC The New Testament in Context
NTL New Testament Library
NTS New Testament Studies
PNTC Pillar New Testament Commentary
P. S. I. Pubblicazione della società italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto: Papiri greci e latini, ed. G Vitelli et al., 14 vols. (1912–).
RSV Revised Standard Version
SBLDS SBL Dissertation Series
SCJ Stone-Campbell Journal
Sem Semeia
SJT Scottish Journal of Theology
SP Sacra pagina
SPAW Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, ed. G. Kittel and G. Friedrich, 10 vols. (1964–76).
TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
TynBul The Tyndale Bulletin
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
WTJ Westminster Theological Journal
ZEB Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney, rev. Moisés Silva, 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009.
ZTK Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche