Abbreviations

Abbott-Smith

A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Amplified

Amplified New Testament

Ann.

Tacitus, Annals

Ant.

Josephus, Antiquities

ASV

American Standard Version (1901)

AV

Authorized Version (King James Version)

b.

Babylonian Talmud

BA

Biblical Archaeologist

BAGD

Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (2d ed., 1979)

Beck

The New Testament in the Language of Today

Berkeley

Gerrit Verkuyl, The Berkeley Version of the New Testament

cf.

compare

chap. (chaps.)

chapter(s)

Dead Sea Scrolls

   CD

Cairo Damascus Document

   1QH

Thanksgiving Hymns

   1QM

War Scroll

   1QS

Rule of the Community

   1QSa

Messianic Rule

disc.

discussion

ExpT

Expository Times

f. (ff.)

and following verse or page (verses or pages)

Gk.

Greek

GNB

Good News Bible

Goodspeed

The New Testament: An American Translation

HDB rev.

Grant and Rowley, Dictionary of the Bible (edited by James Hastings)

Eccl. Hist.

Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History

IBD

The Illustrated Bible Dictionary

IDB

The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible

ISBE rev.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia rev. (1979–1988)

JBL

Journal of Biblical Literature

JTS

Journal of Theological Studies

Knox

The New Testament in the Translation of Monsignor Ronald Knox

Lamsa

The New Testament According to the Eastern Texts

LT

Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

LXX

Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT)

m.

Mishnah

MM

Moulton and Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (1930)

Moffatt

The New Testament: A New Translation

Montgomery

The Centenary Translation: The New Testament in Modern English

MT

Masoretic Text

NEB

New English Bible

NIDNTT

New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

NIV

New International Version

Norlie

The New Testament: A New Translation

NT

New Testament

NTS

New Testament Studies

OT

Old Testament

Phillips

The New Testament in Modern English

Pss. Sol.

Psalms of Solomon

Rieu

The Four Gospels

Rotherham

The Emphasized New Testament: A New Translation

RSV

Revised Standard Version

RV

Revised Version

sg.

singular

Sifra

Tannaitic Midrash

Str.-B.

Strack, H. L. and Billerbeck, P. Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch (1922–38)

TCGNT

Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament

TCNT

The Twentieth Century New Testament

TDNT

Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

UBS

United Bible Societies

v. (vv.)

verse(s)

Weymouth

The New Testament in Modern Speech

Williams

The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People

WPNT

Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament

WSNT

Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament