Abbreviations
BIBLE TEXTS, VERSIONS, ETC.
ESV
English Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
LXX
Septuagint (the Greek OT)
NASB
New American Standard Bible
NIV
New International Version
NLT
New Living Translation
NRSV
New Revised Standard Version
NT
New Testament
OT
Old Testament
TNIV
Today’s New International Version
OLD TESTAMENT, NEW TESTAMENT, APOCRYPHA
Gen.
Genesis
Exod.
Exodus
Lev.
Leviticus
Num.
Numbers
Deut.
Deuteronomy
Josh.
Joshua
Judg.
Judges
Ruth
Ruth
1- 2 Sam.
1- 2 Sam uel
1- 2 Kgs.
1- 2 Kings
1- 2 Chr.
1- 2 Chron icles
Ezra
Ezra
Neh.
Nehemiah
Esth.
Esther
Job
Job
Ps./Pss.
Psalm/Psalms
Prov.
Proverbs
Eccl.
Ecclesiastes
Song
Song of Songs
Isa.
Isaiah
Jer.
Jeremiah
Lam.
Lamentations
Ezek.
Ezekiel
Dan.
Daniel
Hos.
Hosea
Joel
Joel
Amos
Amos
Obad.
Obadiah
Jonah
Jonah
Mic.
Micah
Nah.
Nahum
Hab.
Habakkuk
Zeph.
Zephaniah
Hag.
Haggai
Zech.
Zechariah
Mal.
Malachi
Matt.
Matthew
Mark
Mark
Luke
Luke
John
John
Acts
Acts
Rom.
Romans
1-2 Cor.
1- 2 Co rinthians
Gal.
Galatians
Eph.
Ephesians
Phil.
Philippians
Col.
Colossians
1-2 Thess.
1-2 Thessalonians
1-2 Tim.
1-2 Timothy
Titus
Titus
Phlm.
Philemon
Heb.
Hebrews
Jas.
James
1-2 Pet.
1-2 Peter
1- 2- 3 John 1-2 -3 John
Jude
Jude
Rev.
Revelation
Sir.
Sirach/Ecclesiasticus
OTHER ANCIENT TEXTS
Ages.
Agesilaus (Plutarch)
Ant.
Jewish Antiquities (Josephus)
b. Nid.
Niddah (Babylonian Talmud)
Demon.
Ad Demonicum (Or. 1) (Isocrates)
Hom. 1 Cor.
Homilies on 1 Corinthians (John Chrysostom)
Inst.
Institutiooratoria (Quintilian)
Lev. Rab.
Leviticus Rabbah
Mor.
Moralia (Plutarch)
Rhet.
Rhetorica (Aristotle)
Rhet. Her.
Rhetorica ad Herennium
Sat.
Satyricon (Petronius)
Spec. Laws
On the Special Laws (Philo)
,Abot R. Nat.
Abot de Rabbi Nathan
m. ,Abot
,Abot (Mishnah)
m. Git..
Git.t.in (Mishnah)
m. Ketub.
Ketubbot (Mishnah)
Pesiq. Rab.
Pesiqta Rabbati
Sifre Deut.
Sifre Deuteronomy (midrash)
t. Ketub.
Ketubbot (Tosefta)
y. Sot.ah
Sot.ah (Jerusalem Talmud)
11QT
Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11
CD
Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document
JOURNALS, PERIODICALS, REFERENCE WORKS, SERIES
AB
Anchor Bible
AThR
Anglican Theological Review
BSac
Bibliotheca sacra
CBQ
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Chm
Churchman
Colloq
Colloquium
CPJ
Corpus papyrorum judaicorum
ExpTim
Expository Times
GNS
Good News Studies
HS
Hebrew Studies
ICC
International Critical Commentary
Int
Interpretation
JBL
Journal of Biblical Literature
JETS
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JJS
Journal of Jewish Studies
JSNT
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JSNTSup
JSNT Supplement Series
JSOTSup
JSOT Supplement Series
NAC
New American Commentary
NCBC
New Cambridge Bible Commentary
NICNT
New International Commentary on the New Testament
NIGTC
New International Greek Testament Commentary
NTS
New Testament Studies
P. Grenf.
B. P. Grenfell, An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and Other Papyri, Chiefl y Ptolemaic (Oxford, 1896)
SBJT
Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
SBL
Society of Biblical Literature
ScrHier
Scripta hierosolymitana
TJ
Trinity Journal
TNTC
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
TSAJ
Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum
VT
Vetus Testamentum
GENERAL
AD
anno Domini (in the year of [our] Lord)
BC
before Christ
ca.
circa (around, about, approximately)
cf.
confer, compare
ch(s).
chapter(s)
ed(s).
editor(s), edited by
e.g.
exempligratia, for example
esp.
especially
ibid.
ibidem, in the same place
i.e.
id est, that is
lit.
literally
n.
note
NS
new series
p(p).
page(s)
passim
here and there
v(v).
verse(s)