Chief abbreviations

AB

Anchor Bible

ABD

The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992)

ABR

Australian Biblical Review

ANF

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Philip Schaff

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)

BibInt

Biblical Interpretation

BR

Biblical Research

BSac

Bibliotheca Sacra

CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

DPL

Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, ed. G. F. Hawthorne, R. P. Martin and D. G. Reid (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press; Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1993)

DSS

Dead Sea Scrolls

EKK

Evangelisch-Katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

EQ

Evangelical Quarterly

ET

English translation.

Hag.

Hagiga

HNT

Handbuch zum Neuen Testament

HTR

Harvard Theological Review

ICC

International Critical Commentary

Int

Interpretation

JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

KEK

Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament

LSJ

A Greek-English Lexicon, ed. H. G. Liddell, R. Scott and H. S. Jones, 9th edn, with rev. supplement by P. G. W. Glare (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)

LXX

Septuagint (pre-Christian Greek version of the Old Testament)

mg.

Margin

MM

The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-Literary Sources, ed. J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1930–1982)

MNTC

Moffatt New Testament Commentary

MT

Masoretic Text

NCBC

New Century Bible Commentary

NewDocs

New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, ed. G. H. R. Horsley and S. R. Llewelyn (Macquarie University, 1981–2002)

NICNT

New International Commentary on the New Testament

NIGTC

New International Greek Testament Commentary

NIVAC

NIV Application Commentary

NLC

New London Commentary

NovT

Novum Testamentum

NovTSup

Novum Testamentum Supplements series

NSBT

New Studies in Biblical Theology

NTD

Das Neue Testament Deutsch

NTS

New Testament Studies

pace

with peace, i.e. no offence to (Latin)

PNTC

Pillar New Testament Commentary

P. Oxy.

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, ed. B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, et al.

RestQ

Restoration Quarterly

SBT

Studies in Biblical Theology

Str-B

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

s.v.

sub voce (under the word)

TDNT

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

TMSJ

The Master’s Seminary Journal

TNTC

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

TynBul

Tyndale Bulletin

WBC

Word Biblical Commentary

WTJ

Westminster Theological Journal

Bible versions

ESV

English Standard Version, published by HarperCollins Publishers © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.

GNB

Good News Bible (Today’s English Version, 2nd edn) Copyright © 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.

KJV

Authorized (King James’) Version (1901).

NJB

New Jerusalem Bible, copyright © 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc.

NRSV

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicized edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.

NIV

New International Version, copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica Inc.