ABBREVIATIONS

I. General Publications

AB Anchor Bible

ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary

AnBib Analecta Biblica

ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute

AUSS Andrews University Seminary Studies

BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research

BDAG W. Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, revised and edited by F. W. Danker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000

BDF F. Blass & A. Debrunner, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, revised by R. W. Funk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961

BETL Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovanensium

Bib Biblica

Bib. Arch. Biblical Archaeologist

BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

BK Bibel und Kirche

BT The Bible Translator

BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin

BZ Biblische Zeitschrift

BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CBQM Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monographs

CNT Commentaire du Nouveau Testament

EKKNT Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

EQ Evangelical Quarterly

ET English translation

E. V. Rieu E. V. Rieu, The Four Gospels: A New Translation from the Greek. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952

EVV English versions

ExpT Expository Times

FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

FS Festschrift for

GNB Good News Bible

GP R. T. France, D. Wenham, C. L. Blomberg (ed.), Gospel Perspectives, vols 1–6. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1980–1986

Hennecke E. Hennecke, New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher. ET, 2 vols., London: SCM Press, 1963, 1965

HeyJ Heythrop Journal

HTKNT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament

HTR Harvard Theological Review

HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual

ICC International Critical Commentary

IEJ Israel Exploration Journal

ISBE International Standard Bible Encylopedia

JB Jerusalem Bible

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JJS Journal of Jewish Studies

JQR Jewish Quarterly Review

JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JSNTS Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplements

JTS Journal of Theological Studies

KJV King James Version

LSJ H. G. Liddell & R. Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, revised by H. S. Jones. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996

LXX Septuagint

MM J. H. Moulton & G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament Illustrated from the Papyri and other Non-Literary Sources. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930

MS (S) Manuscript(s)

MT Masoretic Text

NAC New American Commentary

NCB New Century Bible

NEB New English Bible

Neot Neotestamentica

NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament

NIDNTT New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary

NIV New International Version

NJB New Jerusalem Bible

NovT Novum Testamentum

NRSV New Revised Standard Version

NTD Das Neue Testament Deutsch

NTS New Testament Studies

OED Oxford English Dictionary

OL Old Latin

RB Revue Biblique

REB Revised English Bible

RevExp Review and Expositor

RSV Revised Standard Version

SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series

SBLM Society of Biblical Literature Monographs

SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers

SBT Studies in Biblical Theology

Schürer E. Schürer, The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (175 B.C.–A.D. 135); revd. English edn. by G. Vermes, F. Millar, M. Black. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1973–1987

SE Studia Evangelica

SJLA Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity

SJT Scottish Journal of Theology

SNT Supplements to Novum Testamentum

SNTSM Society for New Testament Studies Monographs

ST Studia Theologica

Str-B H. L. Strack & P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch. Vols. 1–4, München: Beck, 1922–1928; vols. 5–6 (by J. Jeremias & K. Adolph), München: Beck, 1956, 1961.

TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament

Thdt Theodotion

THKNT Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament

TNIV Today’s New International Version

TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentary

TS Theological Studies

TynBul Tyndale Bulletin

TZ Theologische Zeitschrift

WBC Word Biblical Commentary

WTJ Westminster Theological Journal

WUNT Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

ZNW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

II. Old Testament Apocrypha

1 Esdr 1 Esdras

Jdt Judith

2 Macc 2 Maccabees

4 Macc 4 Maccabees

Sir Wisdom of Sirach

Tob Tobit

Wis Wisdom of Solomon

III. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

Apoc. Abr. Apocalypse of Abraham

2 Bar. Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch

3 Bar. Greek Apocalypse of Baruch

1 En. Ethiopic Enoch

2 En. Slavonic Enoch

Jub. Letter of Jubilees

Let. Aris. Letter of Aristeas

Liv. Pro. Lives of the Prophets

Odes Ps. Odes of Solomon

Bib. Ant. Biblical Antiquities (Pseudo-Philo)

Pss. Sol. Psalms of Solomon

Sib. Or. Sibylline Oracles

T. Adam Testament of Adam

T. Benj. Testament of Benjamin

T. Dan Testament of Dan

T. Iss. Testament of Issachar

T. Jac. Testament of Jacob

T. Job Testament of Job

T. Jos. Testament of Joseph

T. Jud. Testament of Judah

T. Levi Testament of Levi

T. Mos. Testament of Moses

T. Naph. Testament of Naphtali

T. Reu. Testament of Reuben

T. Sol. Testament of Solomon

IV. Early Christian Literature

Barn. Barnabas

Did. Didache

Epiphanius

Pan. Panarion

Eusebius

Hist. eccl. Historia ecclesiastica

Vit. Const. Vita Constantini

Inf. Gos. Thom. Infancy Gospel of Thomas

Gos. Thom. Gospel of Thomas

Gos. Pet. Gospel of Peter

Hermas

Mand. Mandates

Sim. Similitudes

Vis. Visions

Ignatius

Eph. Letter to the Ephesians

Irenaeus

Haer. Adversus haereses

Jerome

Comm. Matt. In Mattheum Commentarius

Pelag. Adversus Pelagianos dialogi III

Justin

1Apol. First Apology

Dial. Dialogue with Trypho

Origen

Cels. Contra Celsum

Prot. Jas. Protevangelium of James

Sextus

Sent. Sententiae

Tertullian

Marc. Adversus Marcionem

V. Classical and Hellenistic Literature

Dio Chrysostom

Orat. Orationes

Epictetus

Disc. Discourses

Herodotus

Hist. History

Isocrates

Nic. Nicocles

Josephus

Ant. Antiquities of the Jews

C. Ap. Contra Apion

Life Life of Flavius Josephus

War Jewish War

Juvenal

Sat. Satirae

Lucian

Philops. Philopseudes

Tox. Toxaris

Philo

Abr. De Abrahamo

Decal. De Decalogo

Flacc. In Flaccum

Legat. Legatio ad Gaium

Spec. leg. De specialibus legibus

Philostratus

Vit. Apoll. Vita Apollonii

Plato

Rep. De republica

Pliny

Ep. Epistulae

Hist. nat. Historia naturalis

Plutarch

Apoph. Lac. Apophthegmata Laconica

Seneca

Ben. De beneficiis

Ep. mor. Epistulae morales

Sophocles

Oed Tyr. Oedipus Tyrannus

Tacitus

Ann. Annales

Hist. Historia

Virgil

Aen. Aeneid

VI. Qumran Literature

CD Damascus Document

1QapGen Genesis Apocryphon

1QH Thanksgiving Hymns

1QIsaa First Isaiah Scroll from Cave 1

1QM War Scroll

1QS Rule of the Community

1QSa Rule of the Congregation

1QSb Rule of Benediction

1Q27 Mysteries

4Q174 Florilegium

4QMMT Miqṣat Ma”as’eh Torah

4Q245 Pseudo-Daniel

4Q521 Messianic Apocalypse

4Q525 Beatitudes

11QTemple Temple Scroll

VII. Mishnaic and Related Literature

ʾAbot ʾAbot

ʿArak. ʿArakin

B. Bat. Baba Batra

Bek. Bekorot

Ber. Berakot

B. Meṣ Baba Meṣʿia

B. Qam. Baba Qamma

Dem. Demai

ʿEd. ʿEduyyot

ʿErub. ʿErubin

Giṭ. Giṭṭin

Ḥag. Ḥagigah

Ker. Keritot

Ketub. Ketubbot

Kil. Kilayim

Maʿaś. Maʿaśerot

Maʿaś. Š Maʿaśer Šeni

Mak. Makkot

Meg. Megillah

Menaḥ. Menaḥot

Mid. middot

Ned. Nedarim

ʾOhal. ʾOhalot

Pesaḥ. Pesaḥim

Qidd. Qiddushin

Sanh. Sanhedrin

Šabb. Šabbat

Šebu. Šebuʿot

Šeqal. Šeqalim

Soṭah Soṭah

Suk. Sukkah

Taʿan. Taʿanit

Ṭehar. Ṭeharot

Ter. Terumot

ʿUq. ʿUqṣin

Yad. Yadayim

Yebam. Yebamot

Yoma Yoma

Zabim Zabim

Zebaḥ. Zebaḥim

VIII. Other Rabbinic Literature

Cant. Rab. Canticles Rabbah

Der. Er. Rab. Derek Eres Rabbah

Mek. Mekilta

Pesiq. Rab Kah. Pesiqta Rab Kahana

Rab. Rabbah

Sipre Deut. Sipre Deuteronomy

Sop. Soperim

IX. Targumic Literature

Tg. Cant. Targum of Canticles

Tg. Ps.-J. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan