Abbreviations

1QH Qumran Hymn Scroll

ASV American Standard Version

BAGD W. Bauer, W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich and F. W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1979.

BECNT Baker’s Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

CD Qumran Damascus Document

ESV English Standard Version

HR E. Hatch and H. A. Redpath, A Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek Versions of the Old Testament I-III. Graz: Akademische, 1954.

JB Jerusalem Bible

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

KJV King James (Authorized) Version

LXX Septuagint

mg. marginal reading

MM J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-Literary Sources. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1930.

MNTC The Moffatt New Testament Commentary

NASB New American Standard Bible

NEB New English Bible

NETB New English Translation Bible

NIBC New International Bible Commentary

NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament

NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary

NIV New International Version

NovT Novum Testamentum

NT New Testament

NTA New Testament Apocrypha I-II, ed. W. Schneemelcher. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1991, 1992.

NTS New Testament Studies

OG Old Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures

OT Old Testament

RSV Revised Standard Version

Theod. Theodotion’s Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures