Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
AB
Anchor Bible
ABD
Anchor Bible Dictionary
adj.
adjective
adv.
adverb
AF2
Apostolic Fathers (J. B. Lightfoot; 2nd ed. by M. W. Holmes)
AJA
American Journal of Archaeology
AJT
American Journal of Theology
AnB
Analecta Biblica
ANQ
Andover Newton Quarterly
ANRW
Augstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt
Aristotle
Eth.Nic.
Ethica Nicomachea
ASNU
Acta seminarii neotestamentici upsaliensis
ASV
American Standard Version
ATR
Anglican Theological Review
AusBR
Australian Biblical Review
AUSS
Andrews University Seminary Studies
AV
Authorized Version (= KJV)
BA
Biblical Archeologist
BAGD
W. Bauer, W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature
BBR
Bulletin for Biblical Research
BCE
Before the Common Era
BDF
F. Blass, A. Debrunner, and R. W. Funk, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature
BECNT
Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Bib
Biblica
BibLeb
Bibel und Leben
BJRL
Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
BSac
Bibliotheca Sacra
BST
Bible Speaks Today
BT
The Bible Translator
BTB
Biblical Theology Bulletin
BZ
Biblische Zeitschrift
BZNW
Beihefte zur ZNW
c.
century
ca.
circa (about)
CASB
Cambridge Annotated Study Bible
CBQ
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBSC
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
CE
Common Era
cf.
confer (compare)
chap.
chapter
Cicero
Amic.
De Amicitia
Att.
Epistulae ad Atticum
Fam.
Epistulae ad Familiares
Fin.
De Finibus
Inv.
De Inventione
Rab.Post.
Pro Rabirio Postumo
Verr.
In Verrem
CIL
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 1863-1909
CNT
Commentaire du Nouveau Testament
ConNT
Coniectanea neotestamentica
CTJ
Calvin Theological Journal
CTR
Crisswell Theological Review
Dio Chrysostom
Or.
Orationes
disc.
discussion
DPL
Dictionary of Paul and His Letters (ed. G. F. Hawthorne et al.)
e.g.
exempli gratia (for example)
EBC
The Expositor's Bible Commentary (ed. Frank Gabelein)
ed.
editor, edited by
EDNT
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
Ep.Ar.
Epistle of Aristeas
Ep.Diog.
Epistle of Diognetus
EPC
Epworth Preacher's Commentaries
Epicurus
Gn
Gnomologium Vaticanum (Vatican Sayings)
EQ
Evangelical Quarterly
esp.
especially
EstBib
Estudios Bblicos
ETL
Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses
ETR
Etudes théologiques et religieuses
Euripides
Or.
Orestes
ExpTim
The Expository Times
FFNT
Foundations and Facets: New Testament
FNT
Filología neotestamentaria
Gk.
Greek
GNB
Good News Bible (= Today's English Version)
GOTR
Greek Orthodox Theological Review
GTJ
Grace Theological Journal
Herm
Hermas
Man
Mandate
Sim
Similitudes
HNT
Handbuch zum Neuen Testament
HNTC
Harper's New Testament Commentaries
HorBibTh
Horizons in Biblical Theology
HTKNT
Herders Theologische Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
HTR
Harvard Theological Review
IBS
Irish Biblical Studies
ICC
International Critical Commentary
i.e.
id est (that is)
IKZ
Internationale kirkliche Zeitschrift
Int
Interpretation
ITQ
Irish Theological Quarterly
JAC
Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
JB
Jerusalem Bible
JBC
The Jerome Biblical Commentary (ed. R. E. Brown et al.)
JBL
Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JFSR
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
JGWR
Journal of Gender in World Religions
Jos.
Josephus
Ant.
Antiquitates Judaicae (The Jewish Antiquities)
BJ
Bellum Judaicum (The Jewish War)
JSNT
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup
Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series
JTC
Journal for Theology and the Church
JTS
Journal of Theological Studies
KJV
King James Version (= AV)
LCL
Loeb Classical Library (Harvard University)
LD
Lectio divina
LEC
Library of Early Christianity (ed. W. A. Meeks)
lit.
literally
LS
Louvain Studies
LSJ
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (Oxford)
Lucian
Patr. Laud.
Patriae laudatio (My Native Land)
LXX
Septuagint
MajT
Majority Text (= Byzantine texttype)
MeyerK
H. A. W. Meyer, Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das
Neue Testament
MHT
J. H. Moulton, W. F. Howard, and N. Turner, Grammar of
New Testament Greek (4 vols.)
M-M
J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek
New Testament
MNTC
Moffatt New Testament Commentary
Moffatt
James Moffatt, The New Testament: A New Translation
MS(S)
manuscript(s)
n. (nn.)
note(s)
NA26
E. Nestle, K. Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece (26th ed.)
NAB
New American Bible
NAC
New American Commentary
NASB
New American Standard Version
NCB
New Century Bible
NCBC
New Century Bible Commentary
NEB
New English Bible
Neot
Neotestamentica
New Docs
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity (Macquarie
University 1981-)
NIBC
New International Bible Commentary
NICNT
New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIDNTT
The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology
NIGTC
New International Greek Testament Commentary
NIV
New International Version
NJB
New Jerusalem Bible
NKZ
Neue kirkliche Zeitschrift
NovT
Novum Testamentum
NovTSup
Novum Testamentum, Supplements
NRSV
New Revised Standard Version
NT
New Testament
NTC
New Testament Commentary
NTD
Das Neue Testament Deutsch
NTS
New Testament Studies
NTTS
New Testament Tools and Studies
OL
Old Latin
OT
Old Testament
p. (pp.)
page(s)
Philo
Virt.
De Virtutibus (On the Virtues)
Congr.Qu.Er.
De Congressu Quaerendae Eruditionis Gratia (On the Preliminary Studies)
Plato
Rep.
Republic
Plutarch
De Amic. Mult.
De Amicitiae Multitudinae (On Having Many Friends)
De Lib. Educ.
De Liberis Educandis (On the Education of Children)
De Util.
De Capienda ex Inimicis Utilitate (How to Profit by one's Enemies)
PNTC
Penguin New Testament Commentaries
PRS
Perspectives in Religious Studies
q.v.
quod vide (which see)
RB
Revue biblique
REB
Revised English Bible
RelSRev
Religious Studies Review
repr.
reprint
ResQ
Restoration Quarterly
rev.
revised
RevExp
Review and Expositor
RHPR
Revue d'histoire et de philosophie religieuses
RivB
Rivista Biblica
RNT
Regensburger Neues Testament
RSPT
Revue des sciences philosophiques et theologiques
RSR
Recherches de science religieuse
RSV
Revised Standard Version
RTR
Reformed Theological Review
SBLDS
Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
SBLSBS
Society of Biblical Literature Sources for Biblical Study
SBT
Studies in Biblical Theology
SD
Studies and Documents
Seneca
Ben.
De Beneficiis
Ep. Mor.
Epistulae Morales
Vit. Beat.
De Vita Beata
SE
Studia Evangelica
Sib. Or.
Sibylline Oracles
Sir
Sirach
Str-B
H. Strack and P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
SJT
Scottish Journal of Theology
SJTOP
SJT Occasional Papers
SNTSMS
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
SO
Symbolae osloenses
SR
Studies in Religion/Sciences religieuses
ST
Studia Theologica
TCNT
The Twentieth Century New Testament
TDNT
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
THKNT
Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament
ThZ
Theologische Literaturzeitung
TNTC
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
TQ
Theologische Quartalschrift
TR
Textus Receptus
tr.
translated by
TrinJ
Trinity Journal
TSK
Theologische Studien und Kritiken
TU
Texte und Untersuchungen
TWOT
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
TynB
Tyndale Bulletin
TZ
Theologische Zeitschrift
UBS3,4
United Bible Societies Greek New Testament (3rd, 4th ed.)
v. (vv.)
verse(s)
WBC
Word Biblical Commentary
WC
Westminster Commentaries
WTJ
Westminster Theological Journal
WUNT
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
Xenophon
Mem.
Memorabilia
ZBK
Zürcher Bibelkommentare
Z-G
M. Zerwick and M. Grosvenor, An Analysis of the Greek
New Testament
ZKNT
Zahn's Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
ZNW
Zeitschrift für neutestamentliche Wissenschaft