ABBREVIATIONS

General

AT

Alpha Text (of the Greek text of Esther)

BOI

Book of Isaiah

Chr

Chronicler

DH

Deuteronomistic History

DI

Deutero-Isaiah

Dtr

Deuteronomist

Gk.

Greek

H

Holiness Code

Heb.

Hebrew

JPS

Jewish Publication Society

LXX

The Septuagint

LXX B

Vaticanus Text of the Septuagint

MP

Mode of production

MT

Masoretic Text

NIV

New International Version

NRSV

New Revised Standard Version

OAN

Oracles against Nations (in Jeremiah)

P.

papyrus/papyri

P

Priestly source

PE

Pastoral Epistles

RSV

Revised Standard Version

TI

Trito-Isaiah

Books of the Bible (NT, OT, Apocrypha)

Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

Gen.

Genesis

Exod.

Exodus

Lev.

Leviticus

Num.

Numbers

Deut.

Deuteronomy

Josh.

Joshua

Judg.

Judges

Ruth

Ruth

1 Sam.

1 Samuel

2 Sam.

2 Samuel

1 Kgs.

1 Kings

2 Kgs.

2 Kings

1 Chron.

1 Chronicles

2 Chron.

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Ezra

Neh.

Nehemiah

Esther

Esther

Job

Job

Ps. (Pss.)

Psalms

Prov.

Proverbs

Eccles.

Ecclesiastes

Song.

Song of Songs

Isa.

Isaiah

Jer.

Jeremiah

Lam.

Lamentations

Ezek.

Ezekiel

Dan.

Daniel

Hosea

Hosea

Joel

Joel

Amos

Amos

Obad.

Obadiah

Jon.

Jonah

Mic.

Micah

Nah.

Nahum

Hab.

Habakkuk

Zeph.

Zephaniah

Hag.

Haggai

Zech.

Zechariah

Mal.

Malachi

Apocrypha

Tob.

Tobit

Jth.

Judith

Gk. Esther

Greek Additions to Esther

Sir.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Bar.

Baruch

Let. Jer.

Letter of Jeremiah

Add Dan.

Additions to Daniel

Pr. Azar.

Prayer of Azariah

Sg. Three.

Song of the Three Young Men (or Three Jews)

Sus.

Susanna

Bel

Bel and the Dragon

1 Macc.

1 Maccabees

2 Macc.

2 Maccabees

1 Esd.

1 Esdras

Pr. of Man.

Prayer of Manasseh

2 Esd.

2 Esdras

Wis.

Wisdom of Solomon

3 Macc.

3 Maccabees

4 Macc.

4 Maccabees

New Testament

Matt.

Matthew

Mark

Mark

Luke

Luke

John

John

Acts

Acts of the Apostles

Rom.

Romans

1 Cor.

1 Corinthians

2 Cor.

2 Corinthians

Gal.

Galatians

Eph.

Ephesians

Phil.

Philippians

Col.

Colossians

1 Thess.

1 Thessalonians

2 Thess.

2 Thessalonians

1 Tim.

1 Timothy

2 Tim.

2 Timothy

Titus

Titus

Philem.

Philemon

Heb.

Hebrews

James

James

1 Pet.

1 Peter

2 Pet.

2 Peter

1 John

1 John

2 John

2 John

3 John

3 John

Jude

Jude

Rev.

Revelation (Apocalypse)

Journals, Series, Reference Works

ABD

Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

ACNT

Augsburg Commentaries on the New Testament

AJA

American Journal of Archaeology

AJT

Asia Journal of Theology

ANET

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

ANF

The Ante-Nicene Fathers. Edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. 1885–1887. 10 vols. Repr., Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994.

ANRW

Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im Spiegel der neueren Forschung. Edited by Hildegard Temporini and Wolfgang Haase. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1972–.

ANTC

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries

AOAT

Alter Orient und Altes Testament

AbOTC

Abingdon Old Testament Commentary

AOTC

Apollos Old Testament Commentary

A(Y)B

Anchor (Yale) Bible

BA

Biblical Archaeologist

BAR

Biblical Archaeology Review

BDAG

Bauer, W., F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.

BEATAJ

Beiträge zur Erforschung des Alten Testaments und des Antiken Judentum

Bib

Biblica

BibInt

Biblical Interpretation

BJRL

Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester

BJS

Brown Judaic Studies

BNTC

Black’s New Testament Commentaries

BR

Biblical Research

BRev

Bible Review

BSac

Bibliotheca sacra

BTB

Biblical Theology Bulletin

BZAW

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

CAT

Commentaire de l’Ancien Testament

CBC

Cambridge Bible Commentary

CBQMS

Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series

CC

Continental Commentaries

CH

Church History

CHJ

Cambridge History of Judaism. Edited by W. D. Davies and Louis Finkelstein. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984–.

ConBNT

Coniectanea biblica: New Testament Series

ConBOT

Coniectanea biblica: Old Testament Series

CS

Cistercian Studies

CTAED

Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents. S. Ahituv. Jerusalem: Magnes, 1984.

CTQ

Concordia Theological Quarterly

CurTM

Currents in Theology and Mission

ExpTim

Expository Times

ETL

Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses

ExAud

Ex auditu

FAT

Forschungen zum Alten Testament

FC

Fathers of the Church

FRLANT

Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

HAT

Handbuch zum Alten Testament

HBT

Horizons in Biblical Theology

HNTC

Harper’s New Testament Commentaries

HR

History of Religions

HSM

Harvard Semitic Monographs

HTKAT

Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament

HTR

Harvard Theological Review

HTS

Harvard Theological Studies

HUCA

Hebrew Union College Annual

HUCM

Monographs of the Hebrew Union College

HUT

Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie

IBC

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

ICC

International Critical Commentary

Int

Interpretation

JAAR

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

JAOS

Journal of the American Oriental Society

JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature

JBQ

Jewish Bible Quarterly

JECS

Journal of Early Christian Studies

JJS

Journal of Jewish Studies

JNES

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

JNSL

Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

JQR

Jewish Quarterly Review

JRS

Journal of Roman Studies

JSem

Journal of Semitics

JSJ

Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods

JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JSOT

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

JSOTSup

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series

JSQ

Jewish Studies Quarterly

JSS

Journal of Semitic Studies

JTI

Journal of Theological Interpretation

JTS

Journal of Theological Studies

JTSA

Journal of Theology for Southern Africa

KTU

Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Edited by M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and J. Sanmartín. AOAT 24/1. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1976.

LCC

Loeb Classical Library

LEC

Library of Early Christianity

LHB/OTS

Library of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

LW

Luther’s Works. Edited by Jaroslav Pelikan and Helmut T. Lehmann. 55 vols. St. Louis: Concordia; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1958–1986.

NAC

New American Commentary

NCB

New Century Bible

NCBC

New Cambridge Bible Commentary

NedTT

Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift

Neot

Neotestamentica

NICNT

New International Commentary on the New Testament

NICOT

New International Commentary on the Old Testament

NIGTC

New International Greek Testament Commentary

NovT

Novum Testamentum

NPNF1

The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1. Edited by Philip Schaff. 14 vols. 1886–1889. Repr., Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1956.

NTL

New Testament Library

NTS

New Testament Studies

OBT

Overtures to Biblical Theology

OTE

Old Testament Essays

OTG

Old Testament Guides

OTL

Old Testament Library

OTM

Old Testament Message

PEQ

Palestine Exploration Quarterly

PG

Patrologia graeca [= Patrologiae cursus completus: Series graeca]. Edited by J.-P. Migne. 162 vols. Paris, 1857–1886.

PL

John Milton, Paradise Lost

PL

Patrologia latina [= Patrologiae cursus completus: Series latina]. Edited by J.-P. Migne. 217 vols. Paris, 1844–1864.

PRSt

Perspectives in Religious Studies

QR

Quarterly Review

RevExp

Review and Expositor

RevQ

Revue de Qumran

SBLABS

Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies

SBLAIL

Society of Biblical Literature Ancient Israel and Its Literature

SBLDS

Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series

SBLEJL

Society of Biblical Literature Early Judaism and Its Literature

SBLMS

Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series

SBLRBS

Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study

SBLSCS

Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies

SBLSP

Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers

SBLSymS

Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series

SBLWAW

SBL Writings from the Ancient World

SemeiaSt

Semeia Studies

SJT

Scottish Journal of Theology

SNTSMS

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

SO

Symbolae osloenses

SR

Studies in Religion

ST

Studia Theologica

StABH

Studies in American Biblical Hermeneutics

TD

Theology Digest

TAD

Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. Vol. 1: Letters. Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1986.

TDOT

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. 15 vols. Edited by G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, and Heinz-Josef Fabry. Translated by David E. Green and Douglas W. Stott. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974–1995.

TJT

Toronto Journal of Theology

TNTC

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

TOTC

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

TS

Theological Studies

TZ

Theologische Zeitschrift

VE

Vox evangelica

VT

Vetus Testamentum

VTSup

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum

WBC

Word Biblical Commentary

WSA

Works of St. Augustine: A Translation for the Twenty-First Century

WUANT

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Alten und Neuen Testament

WUNT

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

WW

Word and World

ZAW

Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

ZBK

Zürcher Bibelkommentare

ZNW

Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche

Ancient Authors and Texts

1 Clem.

1 Clement

2 Clem.

2 Clement

1 En.

1 Enoch

2 Bar.

2 Baruch

Abot R. Nat.

Abot de Rabbi Nathan

Ambrose

Paen.

De paenitentia

Aristotle

Ath. Pol.

Athēnaīn politeia

Nic. Eth.

Nicomachean Ethics

Pol.

Politics

Rhet.

Rhetoric

Augustine

FC 79

Tractates on the Gospel of John, 11–27. Translated by John W. Rettig. Fathers of the Church 79. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1988.

Tract. Ev. Jo.

In Evangelium Johannis tractatus

Bede, Venerable

CS 117

Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. Translated by Lawrence T. Martin. Cistercian Studies 117. Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1989.

Barn.

Barnabas

CD

Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document

Cicero

De or.

De oratore

Tusc.

Tusculanae disputationes

Clement of Alexandria

Paed.

Paedogogus

Strom.

Stromata

Cyril of Jerusalem

Cat. Lect.

Catechetical Lectures

Dio Cassius

Hist.

Roman History

Dio Chrysostom

Or.

Orations

Diog.

Diognetus

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Thuc.

De Thucydide

Epictetus

Diatr.

Diatribai (Dissertationes)

Ench.

Enchiridion

Epiphanius

Pan.

Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

Eusebius of Caesarea

Hist. eccl.

Historia ecclesiastica

Gos. Thom.

Gospel of Thomas

Herodotus

Hist.

Historiae

Hermas, Shepherd

Mand.

Mandates

Sim.

Similitudes

Homer

Il.

Iliad

Od.

Odyssey

Ignatius of Antioch

Eph.

To the Ephesians

Smyr.

To the Smyrnaeans

Irenaeus

Adv. haer.

Adversus haereses

Jerome

Vir. ill.

De viris illustribus

John Chrysostom

Hom. 1 Cor.

Homiliae in epistulam i ad Corinthios

Hom. Act.

Homiliae in Acta apostolorum

Hom. Heb.

Homiliae in epistulam ad Hebraeos

Josephus

Ant.

Jewish Antiquities

Ag. Ap.

Against Apion

J.W.

Jewish War

Jub.

Jubilees

Justin Martyr

Dial.

Dialogue with Trypho

1 Apol.

First Apology

L.A.E.

Life of Adam and Eve

Liv. Pro.

Lives of the Prophets

Lucian

Alex.

Alexander (Pseudomantis)

Phal.

Phalaris

Mart. Pol.

Martyrdom of Polycarp

Novatian

Trin.

De trinitate

Origen

C. Cels.

Contra Celsum

Comm. Jo.

Commentarii in evangelium Joannis

De princ.

De principiis

Hom. Exod.

Homiliae in Exodum

Hom. Jer.

Homiliae in Jeremiam

Hom. Josh.

Homilies on Joshua

Pausanias

Descr.

Description of Greece

Philo

Cher.

De cherubim

Decal.

De decalogo

Dreams

On Dreams

Embassy

On the Embassy to Gaius (= Legat.)

Fug.

De fuga et inventione

Leg.

Legum allegoriae

Legat.

Legatio ad Gaium

Migr.

De migratione Abrahami

Mos.

De vita Mosis

Opif.

De opificio mundi

Post.

De posteritate Caini

Prob.

Quod omnis probus liber sit

QE

Quaestiones et solutiones in Exodum

QG

Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin

Spec. Laws

On the Special Laws

Plato

Gorg.

Gorgias

Plutarch

Mor.

Moralia

Mulier. virt.

Mulierum virtutes

Polycarp

Phil.

To the Philippians

Ps.-Clem. Rec.

Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions

Pss. Sol.

Psalms of Solomon

Pseudo-Philo

L.A.B.

Liber antiquitatum biblicarum

Seneca

Ben.

De beneficiis

Strabo

Geog.

Geographica

Tatian

Ad gr.

Oratio ad Graecos

Tertullian

Praescr.

De praescriptione haereticorum

Prax.

Adversus Praxean

Bapt.

De baptismo

De an.

De anima

Pud.

De pudicitia

Virg.

De virginibus velandis

Virgil

Aen.

Aeneid

Xenophon

Oec.

Oeconomicus

Mishnah, Talmud, Targum

b. B. Bat.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Baba Batra

b. Ber.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Berakhot

b Erub.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Erubim

b. Ketub.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Ketubbot

b. Mak.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Makkot

b. Meg.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Megillah

b. Ned.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Nedarim

b. Naz.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Nazir

b. Sanh.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Sanhedrin

b. Shab.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Shabbat

b. Sotah

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Sotah

b. Ta‘an.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Ta‘anit

b. Yev.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Yevamot

b. Yoma

Babylonian Talmudic tractate Yoma

Eccl. Rab.

Ecclesiastes Rabbah

Exod. Rab.

Exodus Rabbah

Gen. Rab.

Genesis Rabbah

Lam. Rab.

Lamentations Rabbah

Lev. R(ab).

Leviticus Rabbah

m. Abot

Mishnah tractate Abot

m. Bik.

Mishnah tractate Bikkurim

m. Demai

Mishnah tractate Demai

m. ‘Ed.

Mishnah tractate ‘Eduyyot

m. Git.

Mishnah tractate Gittin

m. Pesaḥ

Mishnah tractate Pesaḥim

m. Šeqal.

Mishnah tractate Šeqalim (Shekalim)

m. Shab.

Mishnah tractate Shabbat

m. Sotah

Mishnah tractate Sotah

m. Ta‘an.

Mishnah tractate Ta‘anit

m. Tamid

Mishnah tractate Tamid

m. Yad.

Mishnah tractate Yadayim

m. Yebam.

Mishnah tractate Yebamot

m. Yoma

Mishnah tractate Yoma

Num. Rab.

Numbers Rabbah

Pesiq. Rab.

Pesiqta Rabbati

Pesiq. Rab Kah.

Pesiqta Rab Kahana

S. ‘Olam Rab.

Seder ‘Olam Rabbah

Song Rab.

Song of Songs Rabbah

t. Hul.

Tosefta tractate Hullin

Tg. Onq.

Targum Onqelos

Tg. Jer.

Targum Jeremiah

y. Hag.

Jerusalem Talmudic tractate Hagiga

y. Pesaḥ

Jerusalem Talmudic tractate Pesaḥim

y. Sanh.

Jerusalem Talmudic tractate Sanhedrin

Dead Sea Scrolls

1QapGen

Genesis apocryphon (Excavated frags. from cave)

1QM

War Scroll

1QpHab

Pesher Habakkuk

1QS

Rule of the Community

1QSb

Rule of the Blessings (Appendix b to 1QS)

1Q21

T. Levi, aramaic

4Q184

Wiles of the Wicked Woman

4Q214

Levid ar (olim part of Levib)

4Q214b

Levif ar (olim part of Levib)

4Q226

psJubb (4Q  pseudo-Jubilees)

4Q274

Tohorot A

4Q277

Tohorot Bb (olim Bc)

4Q525

Beatitudes

4QMMT

Miqṣat Ma‘aśê ha-Torah

4QpNah/4Q169

4Q Pesher Nahum

4Q82

The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

1 En.

1 Enoch

2 En.

2 Enoch

Odes Sol.

Odes of Solomon

Syr. Men.

Sentences of the Syriac Menander

T. Levi

Testament of Levi

T. Mos.

Testament of Moses

T. Sim.

Testament of Simeon