Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
GENERAL
ANF The Ante-Nicene Fathers (Eerdmans)
av/kjv Authorized/King James Version (1611)
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands (University) Library
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CHB Cambridge History of the Bible, I–III (Cambridge, 1963–70)
Cod(d). Codex (Codices)
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum (Vienna)
DB Dictionary of the Bible, I–IV, ed. W. Smith (London, 21893)
DCB Dictionary of Christian Biography, I–IV, ed. W. Smith and H. Wace (London, 1877–87)
EQ Evangelical Quarterly
E.T. English translation
FGNTK Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons, I–IX, ed. T. Zahn (Leipzig, 1881–1929)
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller (Berlin)
Hist. Eccl. Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius, Sozomen)
HTR Harvard Theological Review
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JBR Journal of Bible and Religion
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
LXX Septuagint (pre-Christian Greek Version of OT)
Mart. Pal. Martyrs of Palestine (Eusebius)
MS(S) manuscript(s)
MT Masoretic text (of Hebrew Bible)
NCB New Century Bible
neb New English Bible (1961, 1970)
NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary
niv New International Version (1978)
NovT Sup Supplement(s) to Novum Testamentum
NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (Eerdmans)
n.s. new series
NT New Testament
NTS New Testament Studies
OT Old Testament
PG Patrologia Graeca (ed. J.-P. Migne)
PL Patrologia Latina (ed. J.-P. Migne)
rsv Revised Standard Version (1952, 1971)
Strom. Stromateis (Miscellanies), by Clement of Alexandria
Sup. Supplement(s)
s.v. sub vocabulo = ‘under the word’
TB Babylonian Talmud
TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, I–X, ed. G. Kittel and G. Friedrich, E. T. by G. W. Bromiley (Eerdmans, 1964–76)
TNTC Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
TS Texts and Studies (Cambridge University Press)
TU Texte und Untersuchungen
UCCF Universities and colleges Christian Fellowship
VTSup Supplement(s) to Vetus Testamentum
ZNW Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
ZTK Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
MANUSCRIPTS
A Codex Alexandrinus (in British Museum, London)
Aleph Codex Sinaiticus (in British Museum, London)
B Codex Vaticanus (in Vatican Library, Rome)
D Codex Bezae (in Cambridge University Library)
Dp Codex Claromontanus (in Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)
Gp Codex Boernerianus (in Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden)
P Papyrus
P45 Chester Beatty papyrus codex of Gospels and Acts
P46 Chester Beatty papyrus codex of Pauline epistles and Hebrews
P47 Chester Beatty papyrus codex of Revelation
P52 Rylands Library papyrus fragment of John 18
P72 Bodmer papyrus codex of 1 and 2 Peter and Jude
P75 Bodmer papyrus codex of Luke and John
P. Fouad 266 Cairo papyrus fragment of Deut. 31–32 ()
P. Oxy. Oxyrhynchus Papyri
P. Ryl. 458 Rylands Libary papyrus fragment of Deut. 23–28 (LXX)
Q Qumran: a number preceding Q indicates the numbered cave in which the MS was found
4Qflorilegium Biblical anthology from Qumran Cave 4
4Qlxx Lva Fragment of Leviticus (LXX) from Qumran Cave 4
4Qlxx Lvb Another fragment of Leviticus (LXX) from Qumran Cave 4
4Qlxx Num Fragment of Numbers (LXX) from Qumran Cave 4
7QlxxEx Fragment of Exodus (LXX) from Qumran Cave 7
7Qlxx Ep Jer Fragment of Letter of Jeremiah from Qumran Cave 7
CD Book of the Covenant of Damascus (two main MSS in Cairo; some fragments from Qumran Cave 4)
8Ḥev XII gr MS of Minor Prophets in Greek from Wadi Ḥever
Septuagint (pre-Christian Greek Version of OT)