Abbreviations

AB Anchor Bible

ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary

ANEP The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament

ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament

BA Biblical Archaeologist

BST The Bible Speaks Today

BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin

CBC Cambridge Bible Commentary

CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CEV Contemporary English Version

DSBOT Daily Study Bible of the Old Testament

EBC Expositor’s Bible Commentary

FCI Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation

FOTL Forms of the Old Testament Literature

GKC Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley Hebrew Grammar

HAT Handbuch zum Alten Testament

ICC International Critical Commentary

IDB Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible

Interp Interpretation

ISBE International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JPSV Jewish Publication Society Version of the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures)

JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series

KJV King James Version

MT Masoretic Text

NAC New American Commentary

NBD New Bible Dictionary

NCBC New Century Bible Commentary

NEB New English Bible

NIV New International Version

NIVAC NIV Application Commentary

NJB New Jerusalem Bible

NJPSV New Jerusalem Publication Society Version

NKJV New King James Version

NLT New Living Translation

NRSV New Revised Standard Version

OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology

OTL Old Testament Library

OTWSA Die Ou Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika

RSV Revised Standard Version

SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series

SBLMS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series

TBC Torch Bible Commentaries

ThTo Theology Today

TOTC Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

TrinJ Trinity Journal

TynBul Tyndale Bulletin

VT Vetus Testamentum

VTSup Vetus Testamentum Supplement Series

WBC Word Biblical Commentary

WTJ Westminster Theological Journal

ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft