Abbreviations

Bibliographic and General

ANE ancient Near East
ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson, rev. A. Cleveland Coxe, 10 vols. (New York: Christian Literature, 1885–87; repr., Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994)
AT author translation
BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research
BDAG W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, A Greek-English Lexicon of New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)
BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
BETL Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium
Bib Biblica
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
ca. circa, about
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
cf. confer, compare
chap(s). chapter(s)
ConBNT Coniectanea Biblica: New Testament Series
DSSSE The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition, ed. Florentino García Martínez and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1997–98)
ed(s). editor(s), edited by, edition
Eng. English versions/versification
esp. especially
ESV English Standard Version
et al. et alii, and others
ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
ExpTim Expository Times 
FOTL Forms of the Old Testament Literature
frag(s). fragment(s)
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten [drei] Jahrhunderte (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1897–)
HALOT The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, by Ludwig Koehler, Walter Baumgartner, and Johann J. Stamm, trans. and ed. under the supervision of Mervyn E. J. Richardson. 4 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1994–99)
HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology
HTR Harvard Theological Review
IBS Irish Biblical Studies
ICC International Critical Commentary
Int Interpretation
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JGRChJ Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism
JMT Journal of Moral Theology
JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series
JSP Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
KJV King James Version
LCL Loeb Classical Library
LNTS Library of New Testament Studies
LXX Septuagint
MT Masoretic Text
NA28 Novum Testamentum Graece, ed. Eberhard Nestle, Erwin Nestle, B. Aland, K. Aland, J. Karavidopoulos, C. M. Martini, and B. M. Metzger, 28th rev. ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012)
NABRE New American Bible, Revised Edition
NAC New American Commentary
NASB New American Standard Bible
Neot Neotestamentica
NETS New English Translation of the Septuagint
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIDNTTE New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and Exegesis, ed. Moisès Silva, 2nd ed., 5 vols. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014)
NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary
NIV New International Version
NovT Novum Testamentum
NovTSup Supplements to Novum Testamentum
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NSBT New Studies in Biblical Theology
NT New Testament
NTS New Testament Studies
OBO Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis
OT Old Testament
PG Patrologia Graeca [= Patrologiae Cursus Completus. Series Graeca]. Edited by Jacques-Paul Migne. 161 vols. (Paris, 1857–86)
PNTC Pillar New Testament Commentary
RBL Review of Biblical Literature
repr. reprinted
SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers
SBT Studies in Biblical Theology
SJT Scottish Journal of Theology
SNTSMS Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
STDJ Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah
Them Themelios
TJ Trinity Journal
trans. translator, translated by
TynBul Tyndale Bulletin
v(v). verse(s)
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
WTJ Westminster Theological Journal
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
ZNW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche

Old Testament

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 Kings 1 Kings
2 Kings 2 Kings
1 Chron. 1 Chronicles
2 Chron. 2 Chronicles
Ezra Ezra
Neh. Nehemiah
Esther Esther
Job Job
Ps(s). Psalm(s)
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

New Testament

Matt. Matthew
Mark Mark
Luke Luke
John John
Acts Acts
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

Old Testament Apocrypha

Bar. Baruch
2 Esd. 2 Esdras
2 Macc. 2 Maccabees
Sir. Sirach
Wis. Wisdom of Solomon

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

2 Bar. 2 Baruch
1 En. 1 Enoch
2 En. 2 Enoch
Ezek. Trag. Ezekiel the Tragedian
Jub. Jubilees
Pss. Sol. Psalms of Solomon
Sib. Or. Sibylline Oracles
T. Jud. Testament of Judah
T. Levi Testament of Levi
T. Sol. Testament of Solomon

Other Ancient Sources

Abr. Philo, On Abraham
Ant. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
1 Apol. Justin Martyr, First Apology
CD Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document
Dem. ev. Eusebius, Demonstration of the Gospel
Exp. Ps. Chrysostom, Expositiones in Psalmos
Haer. Irenaeus, Adversus haereses (Against Heresies)
Inst. Quintilian, Institutes of Oratory
Mos. Philo, On the Life of Moses
Progym. Aelius Theon or Hermogenes, Progymnasmata (Preliminary Exercises)
1QSb Rule of the Blessings (Appendix b to 1QS)
4QFlor Florilegium
4QpIsaa Isaiah Peshera
11QMelch Melchizedek
11QPsa Psalms Scrolla
Sel. Ps. Origen, Selecta in Psalmos
Spec. Laws Philo, On the Special Laws
Strom. Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis (Miscellanies)
Virt. Philo, On the Virtues