ABBREVIATIONS

General

AB

Anchor Bible

ABD

Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman (New York: Doubleday, 1972)

AnBib

Analecta Biblica

ANTC

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries

BDAG

A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, ed. W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich, 3rd edn (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)

BECNT

Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

BETL

Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium

BIS

Biblical Interpretation Series

BZNW

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

ConBOT

Coniectanea Biblica: Old Testament Series

COQG

Christian Origins and the Question of God

CTR

Criswell Theological Review

CurTM

Currents in Theology and Mission

DJG

Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed. J. B. Green, J. K. Brown and N. Perrin, 2nd edn (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2013)

EBC

The Expositor’s Bible Commentary

EDNT

Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, ed. H. Balz and G. Schneider (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990–93)

EncJud

Encyclopaedia Judaica, ed. F. Skolnik and M. Berenbaum (Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007)

ET

English translation

EvQ

Evangelical Quarterly

FRLANT

Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

GCRW

Greek Culture in the Roman World

GNS

Good News 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

JSHJ

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus

JSJSup

Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplement Series

JSNT

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

JSNTSup

Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series

LNTS

Library of New Testament Studies

LSJ

A Greek–English Lexikon, ed. H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones and H. Stuart, 9th edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996)

LSTS

Library of Second Temple Studies

LXX

Septuagint (Greek) Text of the Old Testament

NICNT

New International Commentary on the New Testament

NIGTC

New International Greek Testament Commentary

NovT

Novum Testamentum

NovTSup

Supplements to Novum Testamentum

NTS

New Testament Studies

NTT

New Testament Theology

OBT

Overtures to Biblical Theology

PNTC

Pillar New Testament Commentaries

PRSt

Perspectives in Religious Studies

SBJT

Southern Baptist Journal of Theology

SBLDS

Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series

SBLRBS

Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study

SBLSP

Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers

SBT

Studies in Biblical Theology

SCJ

Studies in Christianity and Judaism

Smyth

H. W. Smyth, Greek Grammar, rev. edn (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1956)

SNTSMS

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

SP

Sacra Pagina

SVTP

Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha

TBT

The Bible Today

TCGNT

B. M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament: A Companion Volume to the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament, 4th edn (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1994)

TDNT

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, ed. G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964–76)

Thayer

Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament, ed. J. Thayer (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889)

ThTo

Theology Today

TNTC

Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

TSAJ

Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum

TynBul

Tyndale Bulletin

USQR

Union Seminary Quarterly Review

WBC

Word Biblical Commentary

WUNT

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Ancient texts

Old Testament Pseudepigrapha

1 En.

1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse)

2 En.

2 Enoch (Slavonic Apocalypse)

2 Bar.

2 Baruch (Syriac Apocalypse)

4 Ezra

4 Ezra

Apoc. Ab.

Apocalypse of Abraham

As. Mos.

Assumption of Moses

Jub.

Jubilees

Pss Sol.

Psalms of Solomon

Sib. Or.

Sibylline Oracles

T. Ash.

Testament of Asher

T. Gad

Testament of Gad

T. Iss.

Testament of Issachar

T. Levi

Testament of Levi

T. Mos.

Testament of Moses

T. Sol.

Testament of Solomon

Dead Sea Scrolls

1QH

Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns)

1QM

War Scroll

1QS

Rule of the Community

3Q15

Copper Scroll

4Q175

Testimonia

4Q242

Prayer of Nabonidus

4Q500

Benediction

4Q521

Messianic Apocalypse

11Q13

Melchizedek

CD

Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document

Josephus, Philo, Midrash, Talmud and related Jewish literature

Josephus

Ant.

Jewish Antiquities

J.W.

Jewish War

Philo

Abraham

On the Life of Abraham

Moses

On the Life of Moses

Targumic literature

Tg. Isa.

Targum Isaiah

Rabbinic literature

’Abot

Avot

b.

Babylonian Talmudic tractate

B. Bat.

Bava Batra

B. Meṣ

Bava Metzi’a

B. Qam.

Bava Qamma

Ber.

Berakhot

Exod. Rab.

Exodus Rabbah

Ḥag.

Hagigah

Ḥul.

Hullin

Kelim

Kelim

Kil.

Kil’ayim

m.

Mishnah Talmudic tractate

Mek.

Mekilta

Menaḥ.

Menahot

Mid.

Middot

Ned.

Nedarim

Pesiq. Rab.

Pesiqta Rabbati

Šabb.

Shabbat

Sanh.

Sanhedrin

Šeqal.

Sheqalim

t.

Tosefta tractate

Ta‘an.

Ta’anit

Tamid

Tamid

Yebam.

Yevamot

Yoma

Yoma

Apostolic Fathers

Did.

Didache

Herm. Sim.

Shepherd of Hermas, Similitude(s)

Herm. Vis.

Shepherd of Hermas, Vision(s)

Other early Christian literature

Augustine, Quaest. ev.

Augustine, Quaestionum evangelicarum libri II

Eusebius, Hist. eccl.

Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History

Irenaeus, Haer.

Irenaeus, Against Heresies

Jerome, Vir. ill.

Jerome, De viris illustribus

Justin, Dial.

Justin, Dialogue with Trypho

Classical literature

Epictetus, Diatr.

Epictetus, Diatribai

Herodotus, Hist.

Herodotus, Histories

Seneca, Polyb.

Seneca, Ad Polybium de consolatione

Suetonius, Cal.

Suetonius, Gaius Caligula

Tacitus, Ann.

Tacitus, Annales

Bible versions

ASV

American Standard Version, public domain.

CEB

The Common English Bible. © Copyright 2011 by the Common English Bible. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

ESV

The ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

GNT

The Good News Bible, The Bible in Today’s English Version. New Testament © 1966, 1971, 1976 by the American Bible Society.

JB

The Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright © 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., and used by permission.

KJV

The Authorized Version of the Bible (The King James Bible), the rights in which are vested in the Crown, reproduced by permission of the Crown’s Patentee, Cambridge University Press.

NAB

The New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms are copyright © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. and are used by permission of the copyright owner. All rights reserved.

NASB

The NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

NEB

The New English Bible, copyright © The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and The Syndics of Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970. Used by permission.

NET

The NET Bible, New English Translation, copyright © 1996 by Biblical Studies Press, LLC. NET Bible is a registered trademark.

NIV

The Holy Bible, New International Version (Anglicized edition). Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, an Hachette UK company. All rights reserved. ‘NIV’ is a registered trademark of Biblica. UK trademark number 1448790.

NJB

The New Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright © 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co., Inc., a division of Random House, Inc. and used by permission.

NLT

The Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60189, USA. All rights reserved.

NRSV

The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

RSV

The Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952 and 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

YLT

Young’s Literal Translation, public domain.