Bible Texts, Versions, Etc.
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ASV |
American Standard Version |
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AT |
The Complete Bible: An American Translation (NT: E. J. Goodspeed) |
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Barclay |
The New Testament, A New Translation |
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Beck |
New Testament in Language of Today |
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BHK |
Biblia Hebraica Kittel |
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BHS |
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia |
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CEV |
Contemporary English Version |
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CSB |
Christian Standard Bible |
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ESV |
English Standard Version |
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GNB |
Good News Bible (see also TEV) |
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GWT |
God’s Word Translation |
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JB |
Jerusalem Bible |
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KJV |
King James Version |
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Knox |
Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate |
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MLB |
Modern Language Bible |
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Moffatt |
A New Translation of the Bible, James Moffatt |
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Montgomery |
Centenary Translation of the New Testament in Modern English |
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NA27 |
Novum Testamentum Graece, Nestle-Aland, 27th ed. |
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NAB |
New American Bible |
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NASB |
New American Standard Bible |
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NCV |
New Century Version |
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NEB |
New English Bible |
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NET |
New English Translation (www.netbible.com) |
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NIV |
New International Version |
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NJB |
New Jerusalem Bible |
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NJPS |
New Jewish Publication Society |
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NKJV |
New King James Version |
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NLT |
New Living Translation |
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Norlie |
New Testament in Modern English |
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NRSV |
New Revised Standard Version |
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Phillips |
New Testament in Modern English, J. B. Phillips |
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REB |
Revised English Bible |
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Rieu |
Penguin Bible |
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RSV |
Revised Standard Version |
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RV |
Revised Version |
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Tanakh |
Tanakh, a Jewish translation of the Hebrew Bible |
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TCNT |
Twentieth Century New Testament |
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TEV |
Today’s English Version |
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TNIV |
Today’s New International Version |
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UBS4 |
The Greek New Testament, United Bible Societies, 4th ed. |
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Weymouth |
New Testament in Modern Speech, R. F. Weymouth |
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Williams |
The New Testament in the Language of the People, C. B. Williams |
Old Testament, New Testament, Apocrypha
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Ge |
Genesis |
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Ex |
Exodus |
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Lev |
Leviticus |
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Nu |
Numbers |
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Dt |
Deuteronomy |
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Jos |
Joshua |
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Jdg |
Judges |
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Ru |
Ruth |
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1–2Sa |
1–2 Samuel |
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1–2 Kgdms |
1–2 Kingdoms (LXX) |
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1–2Ki |
1–2 Kings |
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3–4 Kgdms |
3–4 Kingdoms (LXX) |
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1–2Ch |
1–2 Chronicles |
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Ezr |
Ezra |
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Ne |
Nehemiah |
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Est |
Esther |
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Job |
Job |
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Ps/Pss |
Psalm/Psalms |
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Pr |
Proverbs |
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Ecc |
Ecclesiastes |
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SS |
Song of Songs |
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Isa |
Isaiah |
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Jer |
Jeremiah |
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La |
Lamentations |
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Eze |
Ezekiel |
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Da |
Daniel |
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Hos |
Hosea |
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Joel |
Joel |
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Am |
Amos |
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Ob |
Obadiah |
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Jnh |
Jonah |
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Mic |
Micah |
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Na |
Nahum |
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Hab |
Habakkuk |
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Zep |
Zephaniah |
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Hag |
Haggai |
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Zec |
Zechariah |
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Mal |
Malachi |
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Mt |
Matthew |
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Mk |
Mark |
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Lk |
Luke |
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Jn |
John |
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Ac |
Acts |
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Ro |
Romans |
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1–2Co |
1–2 Corinthians |
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Gal |
Galatians |
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Eph |
Ephesians |
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Php |
Philippians |
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Col |
Colossians |
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1–2Th |
1–2 Thessalonians |
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1–2Ti |
1–2 Timothy |
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Tit |
Titus |
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Phm |
Philemon |
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Heb |
Hebrews |
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Jas |
James |
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1–2Pe |
1–2 Peter |
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1–2–3Jn |
1–2–3 John |
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Jude |
Jude |
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Rev |
Revelation |
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Add Esth |
Additions to Esther |
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Add Dan |
Additions to Daniel |
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Bar |
Baruch |
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Bel |
Bel and the Dragon |
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Ep Jer |
Epistle of Jeremiah |
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1–2 Esd |
1–2 Esdras |
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1–2 Macc |
1–2 Maccabees |
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3–4 Macc |
3–4 Maccabees |
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Jdt |
Judith |
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Pr Azar |
Prayer of Azariah |
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Pr Man |
Prayer of Manasseh |
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Ps 151 |
Psalm 151 |
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Sir |
Sirach/Ecclesiasticus |
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Sus |
Susanna |
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Tob |
Tobit |
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Wis |
Wisdom of Solomon |
Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts
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CD |
Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document |
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DSS |
Dead Sea Scrolls |
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1QapGen |
Genesis Apocryphon (texts from Qumran) |
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1QH |
Hôdāyōt or Thanksgiving Hymns (texts from Qumran) |
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1QIsa |
Isaiah (texts from Qumran) |
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1QM |
Milḥāmâ or War Scroll (texts from Qumran) |
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1QpHab |
Pesher Habakkuk (texts from Qumran) |
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1QpMic |
Pesher Micah (texts from Qumran) |
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1QS |
Serek Hayaḥad or Rule of the Community (texts from Qumran) |
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1QSa |
Rule of the Congregation (texts from Qumran) |
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4QEzr |
Ezra (texts from Qumran) |
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4QpNa |
Pesher Nahum (texts from Qumran) |
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4QpPs |
Pesher Psalms (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q44 (4QDtq) |
Deuteronomy (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q174 |
Florilegium (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q252 |
Commentary on Genesis A, formerly Patriarchal Blessings (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q394 |
Miqṣat Maʿaś ê ha-Toraha (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q400 |
Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q502 |
Ritual of Marriage (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q521 |
Messianic Apocalypse (texts from Qumran) |
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4Q525 |
Beatitudes (texts from Qumran) |
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11QPsa |
Psalms Scrolla |
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11Qtg Job |
Targum of Job |
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11Q13 |
Melchizedek (texts from Qumran) |
Other Ancient Texts
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ʾAbot R. Nat. |
ʾAbot of Rabbi Nathan |
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Abraham |
On the Life of Abraham (Philo) |
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Ad. |
Adelphi (Terence) |
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Aeth. |
Aethiopica (Heliodorus) |
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Ag. |
Agamemnon (Aeschylus) |
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Ag. Ap. |
Against Apion (Josephus) |
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Agr. |
De Lege agraria (Cicero) |
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Alc. |
Alcibiades (Plutarch) |
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Alex. |
Alexander the False Prophet (Lucian) |
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Amic. |
De amicitia (Cicero) |
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An. |
De anima (Tertullian) |
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Anab. |
Anabasis (Xenophon) |
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Ann. |
Annales (Tacitus) |
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Ant. |
Antigone (Sophocles) |
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Ant. |
Jewish Antiquities (Josephus) |
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Ant. rom. |
Antiquitates romanae (Dionysius of Halicarnassus) |
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1 Apol. |
First Apology (Justin Martyr) |
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Apol. |
Apologia (Plato) |
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Apol. |
Apologeticus (Tertullian) |
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Apos. Con. |
Apostolic Constitutions |
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Ascen. Isa. |
Ascension of Isaiah |
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As. Mos. |
Assumption of Moses |
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Att. |
Epistulae ad Atticum (Cicero) |
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b. ʿAbod. Zar. |
ʿAbodah Zarah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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2–4 Bar. |
2–4 Baruch |
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b. ʿArak. |
ʿArakin (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. B. Bat. |
Baba Batra (Babylonian Talmud) |
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Baba Qamma (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ber. |
Berakot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ḥag. |
Ḥagigah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Hor. |
Horayot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ḥul. |
Ḥullin (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ker. |
Kerithot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ketub. |
Ketubbot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Meg. |
Megillah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Menaḥ. |
Menaḥot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Moʿed Qaṭ. |
Moʿed Qaṭan (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Ned. |
Nedarim (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Nid. |
Niddah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Pesaḥ. |
Pesaḥim (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Roš Haš. |
b. Roš Haššanah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Šabb. |
Šabbat (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Sanh. |
Sanhedrin (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Šebu. |
Shebuʿot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Soṭah |
Soṭah (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Taʿan. |
Taʿanit (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Yebam. |
Yebamot (Babylonian Talmud) |
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b. Yoma |
Yoma (Babylonian Talmud) |
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Bapt. |
De baptismo (Tertullian) |
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Barn. |
Barnabas |
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Ben. |
De beneficiis (Seneca) |
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Bibl. |
Bibliotheca (Photius) |
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Bibl. hist. |
Bibliotheca historica (Diodorus Siculus) |
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Bride |
Advice to the Bride and Groom (Plutarch) |
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Cels. |
Contra Celsum (Origen) |
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Cic. |
Cicero (Plutarch) |
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Claud. |
Divus Claudius (Suetonius) |
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1–2 Clem. |
1–2 Clement |
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Comm. Dan. |
Commentarium in Danielem (Hippolytus) |
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Comm. Jo. |
Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (Origen) |
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Comm. Matt. |
Commentarium in evangelium Matthaei (Origen) |
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Corrept. |
De correptione et gratia (Augustine) |
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Cyr. |
Cyropaedia (Xenophon) |
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Decal. |
De decalogo (Philo) |
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Decl. |
Declamationes (Quintilian) |
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Def. orac. |
De defectu oraculorum (Plutarch) |
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Deipn. |
Deipnosophistae (Athenaeus) |
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Deut. Rab. |
Deuteronomy Rabbah |
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Dial. |
Dialogus cum Tryphone (Justin Martyr) |
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Diatr. |
Diatribai (Epictetus) |
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Did. |
Didache |
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Disc. |
Discourses (Epictetus) |
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Doctr. chr. |
De doctrina christiana (Augustine) |
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Dom. |
Domitianus (Suetonius) |
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Ebr. |
De ebrietate (Philo) |
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E Delph. |
De E apud Delphos (Plutarch) |
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1–2 En. |
1–2 Enoch |
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Ench. |
Enchiridion (Epictetus) |
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Ep. |
Epistulae morales (Seneca) |
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Eph. |
To the Ephesians (Ignatius) |
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Epist. |
Epistulae (Jerome, Pliny, Hippocrates) |
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Ep. Tra. |
Epistulae ad Trajanum (Pliny) |
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Est. Rab. |
Esther Rabbah |
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Eth. nic. |
Ethica nichomachea (Aristotle) |
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Exod. Rab. |
Exodus Rabbah |
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Fam. |
Epistulae ad familiares (Cicero) |
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Fid. Grat. |
De fide ad Gratianum (Ambrose) |
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Flacc. |
In Flaccum (Philo) |
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Flight |
On Flight and Finding (Philo) |
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Fr. Prov. |
Fragmenta in Proverbia (Hippolytus) |
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Gen. Rab. |
Genesis Rabbah |
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Geogr. |
Geographica (Strabo) |
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Gorg. |
Gorgias (Plato) |
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Haer. |
Adversus haereses (Irenaeus) |
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Heir |
Who Is the Heir? (Philo) |
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Hell. |
Hellenica (Xenophon) |
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Historicus (Polybius, Cassius Dio, Thucydides) |
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Hist. |
Historiae (Herodotus, Tacitus) |
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Hist. eccl. |
History of the Church (Eusebius) |
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Hist. Rome |
The History of Rome (Livy) |
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Hom. Acts |
Homilies on Acts (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. Col. |
Homilies on Colossians (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. Jo. |
Homilies on John (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. Josh. |
Homilies on Joshua (Origen) |
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Hom. Phil. |
Homilies on Philippians (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. Rom. |
Homilies on Romans (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. 1 Tim. |
Homilies on 1 Timothy (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. 2 Tim. |
Homilies on 2 Timothy (John Chrysostom) |
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Hom. Tit. |
Homilies on Titus (John Chrysostom) |
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Hypoth. |
Hypothetica (Philo) |
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Inst. |
Institutio oratoria (Quintilian) |
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Jos. Asen. |
Joseph and Aseneth |
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Joseph |
On the Life of Joseph (Philo) |
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Jub. |
Jubilees |
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J.W. |
Jewish War (Josephus) |
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Lam. Rab. |
Lamentations Rabbah |
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L.A.E. |
Life of Adam and Eve |
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Leg. |
Legum allegoriae (Philo) |
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Legat. |
Legatio ad Gaium (Philo) |
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Let. Aris. |
Letter of Aristeas |
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Lev. Rab. |
Leviticus Rabbah |
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Liv. Pro. |
Lives of the Prophets |
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m. ʾAbot |
ʾAbot (Mishnah) |
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m. Bek. |
Bekorot (Mishnah) |
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m. Bik. |
Bikkurim (Mishnah) |
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m. Giṭ. |
Giṭṭin (Mishnah) |
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m. Mak. |
Makkot (Mishnah) |
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m. Meg. |
Megillah (Mishnah) |
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m. Mid. |
Middot (Mishnah) |
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m. Naz. |
Nazir (Mishnah) |
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m. Ned. |
Nedarim (Mishnah) |
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m. Nid. |
Niddah (Mishnah) |
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m. Pesaḥ. |
Pesaḥim (Mishnah) |
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m. Qidd. |
Qiddušin (Mishnah) |
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m. Šabb. |
Šabbat (Mishnah) |
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m. Sanh. |
Sanhedrin (Mishnah) |
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m. Šeb. |
Šebi ʿit (Mishnah) |
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m. Šeqal. |
Šeqalim (Mishnah) |
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m. Sukkah |
Sukkah (Mishnah) |
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m. Taʿan. |
Taʿanit (Mishnah) |
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m. Tamid |
Tamid (Mishnah) |
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m. Ṭehar. |
Ṭeharot (Mishnah) |
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m. Yoma |
Yoma (Mishnah) |
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Magn. |
To the Magnesians (Ignatius) |
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Mand. |
Mandate (Shepherd of Hermas) |
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Marc. |
Adversus Marcionem (Tertullian) |
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Mem. |
Memorabilia (Xenophon) |
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Midr. Ps. |
Midrash on Psalms |
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Migr. |
De migratione Abrahami (Philo) |
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Mor. |
Moralia (Plutarch) |
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Moses |
On the Life of Moses (Philo) |
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Nat. |
Naturalis historia (Pliny the Elder) |
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Num. Rab. |
Numbers Rabbah |
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Oec. |
Oeconomicus (Xenophon) |
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Onir. |
Onirocritica (Artemidorus Daldianus) |
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Or. |
Orationes (Demosthenes) |
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Or. |
Orationes (Dio Chrysostom) |
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Paed. |
Paedagogus (Clement of Alexandria) |
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Peregr. |
The Passing of Peregrinus (Lucian) |
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Pesiq. Rab. |
Pesiqta Rabbati |
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Pesiq. Rab Kah. |
Pesiqta of Rab Kahana |
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Phaed. |
Phaedo (Plato) |
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Phil. |
To the Philippians (Polycarp) |
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Phld. |
To the Philadelphians (Ignatius) |
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Phorm. |
Phormio (Terence) |
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Pro Plancio (Cicero) |
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Plant. |
De plantatione (Philo) |
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P. Oxy. |
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri |
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Pol. |
Politica (Aristotle) |
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Pol. |
To Polycarp (Ignatius) |
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Posterity |
On the Posterity of Cain (Origen) |
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Praescr. |
De praescriptione haereticorum (Tertullian) |
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Princ. |
De principiis (Origen) |
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Prom. |
Prometheus vinctus (Aeschylus) |
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Pss. Sol. |
Psalms of Solomon |
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Pud. |
De pudicitia (Tertullian) |
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Pyth. |
Pythionikai (Pindar) |
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Pyth. orac. |
De Pythiae oraculis (Plutarch) |
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Quaest. conv. |
Quaestionum convivialum libri IX (Plutarch) |
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Quint. fratr. |
Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem (Cicero) |
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Rab. Perd. |
Pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo (Cicero) |
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Resp. |
Respublica (Plato) |
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Rewards |
On Rewards and Punishments (Philo) |
|
Rhet. |
Rhetorica (Aristotle) |
|
Rhet. |
Volumina rhetorica (Philodemus of Gadara) |
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Rom. |
To the Romans (Ignatius) |
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Rosc. com. |
Pro Roscio comoedo (Cicero) |
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Sacrifices |
On the Sacrifices of Cain and Abel (Philo) |
|
Sat. |
Satirae (Horace, Juvenal) |
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Sera |
De sera numinis vindicta (Plutarch) |
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Serm. |
Sermones (Augustine) |
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Sib. Or. |
Sibylline Oracles |
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Sim. |
Similitudes (Shepherd of Hermas) |
|
Smyrn. |
To the Smyrnaeans (Ignatius) |
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S. ʿOlam Rab. |
Seder ʿOlam Rabbah |
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Somn. |
De somniis (Philo) |
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Spec. |
De specialibus legibus (Philo) |
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Stat. |
Ad populum Antiochenum de statuis (John Chrysostom) |
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Strom. |
Stromata (Clement of Alexandria) |
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T. Ash. |
Testament of Asher |
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T. Dan |
Testament of Dan |
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T. Gad |
Testament of Gad |
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Tg. Neof. |
Targum Neofiti |
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Tg. Onq. |
Targum Onqelos |
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Tg. Ps.-J. |
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan |
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Theaet. |
Theaetetus (Plato) |
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t. Ḥul. |
Ḥullin (Tosefta) |
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T. Jos. |
Testament of Joseph |
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T. Jud. |
Testament of Judah |
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T. Levi |
Testament of Levi |
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T. Mos. |
Testament of Moses |
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T. Naph. |
Testament of Naphtali |
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Trall. |
To the Trallians (Ignatius) |
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T. Reu. |
Testament of Reuben |
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t. Soṭah |
Soṭah (Tosefta) |
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Tusc. |
Tusculanae disputationes (Cicero) |
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Verr. |
In Verrem (Cicero) |
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Virt. |
De virtutibus (Philo) |
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Vis. |
Visions (Shepherd of Hermas) |
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Vit. Apoll. |
Vita Apollonii (Philostratus) |
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Vit. beat. |
De vita beata (Seneca) |
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Vit. soph. |
Vitae sophistarum (Philostratus) |
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y. ʿAbod. Zar. |
ʿAbodah Zarah (Jerusalem Talmud) |
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y. Ḥag. |
Ḥagigah (Jerusalem Talmud) |
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y. Meg. |
Megillah (Jerusalem Talmud) |
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y. Ned. |
Nedarim (Jerusalem Talmud) |
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y. Šabb. |
Šabbat (Jerusalem Talmud) |
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y. Soṭah |
Soṭah (Jerusalem Talmud) |
Journals, Periodicals, Reference Works, Series
General
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AD |
anno Domini (in the year of [our] Lord) |
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Akkad. |
Akkadian |
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Arab. |
Arabic |
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Aram. |
Aramaic |
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BC |
before Christ |
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ca. |
circa (around, about, approximately) |
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cf. |
confer, compare |
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ch(s). |
chapter(s) |
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d. |
died |
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diss. |
dissertation |
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ed(s). |
editor(s), edited by, edition |
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e.g. |
exempli gratia, for example |
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esp. |
especially |
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et al. |
et alii, and others |
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EV |
English versions of the Bible |
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f(f). |
and the following one(s) |
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fig. |
figuratively |
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frg. |
fragment |
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Greek |
|
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GK |
Goodrick & Kohlenberger numbering system |
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Heb. |
Hebrew |
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ibid. |
ibidem, in the same place |
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i.e. |
id est, that is |
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JPS |
Jewish Publication Society |
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Lat. |
Latin |
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lit. |
literally |
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LXX |
Septuagint (the Greek OT) |
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mg. |
marginal note |
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MS(S) |
manuscript(s) |
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MT |
Masoretic Text of the OT |
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n(n). |
note(s) |
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n.d. |
no date |
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NS |
New Series |
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NT |
New Testament |
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OT |
Old Testament |
|
p(p). |
page(s) |
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par. |
parallel (indicates textual parallels) |
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para. |
Paragraph |
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q.v. |
quod vide, referring to the text within a work |
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repr. |
reprinted |
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rev. |
revised |
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Samar. |
Samaritan Pentateuch |
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s.v. |
sub verbo, under the word |
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Syr. |
Syriac |
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Tg. |
Targum |
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TR |
Textus Receptus (Greek text of the KJV translation) |
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trans. |
translator, translated by |
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v(v). |
verse(s) |
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vs. |
versus |
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Vul. |
Vulgate |