Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Note: The following list does not include abbreviations to biblical, apocryphal, pseudepigraphical and rabbinic material, nor to the works of Josephus, nor to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Titles of books and articles are sometimes abbreviated after their first appearance. Titles for all but the most common journals are written out and not abbreviated. When a commentary on the Gospel of John is first cited, its full title is provided; but thereafter, only the author’s surname is given.
APAT Die Apokryphen und Pseudepigraphen des Alten Testaments, ed. E. Kautzsch, 1900
APOT The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 2 vols., ed. R. H. Charles, 1913
BAG W. F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich (eds), A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 1957
BDB F. Brown, S. R. Driver and C. A. Briggs (eds), A Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament, (1907) 1955
BDF F. Blass and A. Debrunner (eds), A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, ed. and tr. R. W. Funk, 1961
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, 1955-
DPP Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 3 vols., ed. J. M. Baldwin, 1901–5
DSS Dead Sea Scrolls
Ex.T Expository Times
IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols., ed. G. A. Buttrick et al., 1962
ISBE International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 vols., ed. J. Orr, rev. M. G. Kyle, 1930
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JE Jewish Encyclopedia, 12 vols., ed. I. Singer et al., 1901–6
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
LXX Septuagint
MT Masoretic Text
NBD New Bible Dictionary, ed. J. D. Douglas, 1962
Nov.T Novum Testamentum
NTS New Testament Studies
OED Oxford English Dictionary
PT Palestinian Targum
RB Revue Biblique
RGG Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Handwörterbuch für Theologie und Religionswissenschaft, 7 vols., ed. K. Galling et al., 1957–65
SB H. L. Strack and P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, 6 vols., 1926–61
SM Sacramentum Mundi
St.Ev. Studia Evangelica
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols., ed. G. Kittel and G. Friedrich; ET by G. W. Bromiley, of Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, 1964–76
TJi Pseudo-Jonathan Targum
TJii Fragmentary Targum
TO Targum Onkelos
UBS United Bible Societies
VT Vetus Testamentum