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Abbreviations

Agg. Ber.   Aggadat Bereshit

A.J.   Antiquitates judaicae (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews)

b.   Babylonian Talmud

B. J.   Bellum judaicum (Josephus, Jewish Wars)

C. Ap.   Contra Apionem (Josephus, Against Apion)

Cels.   Contra Celsum (Origen)

Did.   Didache (in Apostolic Fathers)

Eccl. Rab.   Ecclesiastes Rabbah (in Midrash Rabbah)

Exod. Rab.   Exodus Rabbah (in Midrash Rabbah)

Frg. Targ.   Fragmentary Targum

Gen. Rab.   Genesis Rabbah (in Midrash Rabbah)

Gos. Thom.   Gospel of Thomas

Haer.   Adversus Haereses (Irenaeus)

Hom. Matt.   Homiliae in Matthaeum (John Chrysostom)

Jub.   Jubilees (in Pseudepigrapha)

L.A.B.   Liber antiquitatum biblicarum (Pseudo-Philo; in Pseudepigrapha)

Lam. Rab.   Lamentations Rabbah

Leq. Tov   Leqah Tov

Lev. Rab.   Leviticus Rabbah (in Midrash Rabbah)

m.   Mishnah

Macc.   Maccabees (in Pseudepigrapha)

Mekh. R. Ishmael   Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael

Mekh. R. Shimon b. Yohai   Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai

Midr. ha-Gadol   Midrash ha-Gadol

Midr. Psalms   Midrash Psalms

Midr. Tannaim   Midrash Tannaim

Num. Rab.   Numbers Rabbah

Pirqe R. Eliezer   Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer

Pes. Rabb.   Pesiqta Rabbati

Pes. Rav Kah.   Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana

S. Eliahu Zuta   Seder Eliahu Zuta

S. Olam Rab.   Seder Olam Rabbah

Songs Rab.   Song of Songs Rabbah (in Midrash Rabbah)

t.   Tosefta

Tanh.   Midrash Tanhuma

Targ. Neof.   Targum Neofiti

Targ. Onq.   Targum Onqelos

Targ. Ps.-J.   Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

y.   Jerusalem/Palestinian (Yerushalmi) Talmud

Yalq. Shimoni   Yalqut Shimoni

Tractates (Mishna, Tosefta, Talmud)

Avod. Zar.   Avodah Zarah

B. Batra   Bava Batra

B. Kama   Bava Kama

B. Metzia   Bava Metzia

Bek.   Bekhorot

Ber.   Berakhot

Eduy.   Eduyyot

Eruv.   Eruvin

Gitt.   Gittin

Hag.   Hagigah

Hor.   Horayot

Ket.   Ketubbot

Meg.   Megillah

Menah.   Menahot

Rosh Hash.   Rosh Hashanah

Sanh.   Sanhedrin

Shabb.   Shabbat

Sot.   Sotah

Tem.   Temurah

Yad.   Yadayim

Yebam.   Yebamot