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Principal Abbreviations

Principal Abbreviations

PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS

AA

 Matthew Black, An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts (Oxford, 1946)

Abbott 

Edwin A. Abbott, Johannine Grammar (London, 1906)

ABR

 The Australian Biblical Review

Amplified

The Amplified New Testament (Grand Rapids, 1958)

ANF 

Ante-Nicene Fathers (American repr. of the Edinburgh edn.; Grand Rapids, n.d.)

AO 

C. F. Burney, The Aramaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel (Oxford, 1922)

ARV 

The American Revised Version (or, The American Standard Version)

AS 

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (Edinburgh, 1954)

Augustine 

Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, and Soliloquies, The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (American repr. of the Edinburgh edn.; Grand Rapids, 1956), first series, vol. VII

ΒA 

The Biblical Archaeologist

BAGD 

Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, trans, and rev. W. F. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich, 2nd edn. rev. F. W. Gingrich and F. W. Danker (Chicago and London, 1979)

Bailey

 R. F. Bailey, Saint John's Gospel (London, 1957)

Barclay

 William Barclay, The Gospel of John, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1956)

Barrett 

C. K. Barrett, The Gospel according to St. John, 2nd edn.(Philadelphia, 1978)

BDF 

F. Blass and A. Debrunner, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament, trans. R. W. Funk (Chicago and Cambridge, 1961)

Beasley-Murray

George R. Beasley-Murray, John, Word Biblical Commentary (Waco, 1987)

Berkeley

 The Holy Bible, The Berkeley Version (Grand Rapids, 1959)

Bernard

 J. H. Bernard, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to St. John (Edinburgh, 1928)

BJRL 

The Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

BNT

 W. D. Davies and D. Daube, eds., The Background of the New Testament and Its Eschatology (Cambridge, 1956)

Brown 

Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel according to John (New York, I [i-xii], 1966; II [xiii-xxi], 1970)

Bruce 

F. F. Bruce, The Gospel of John (Grand Rapids, 1983)

BS 

A. Deissmann, Bible Studies (Edinburgh, 1901)

BT 

The Bible Translator

Bultmann

Rudolf Bultmann, The Gospel of John (Philadelphia, 1971)

Calvin 

John Calvin, The Gospel according to St. John, trans. Τ. H. L. Parker (Grand Rapids, I, 1959; II, 1961)

Carson, Friends

D. A. Carson, Jesus and His Friends (Leicester, 1986)

Carson, John

D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Grand Rapids, 1991)

Cassirer 

Heinz W. Cassirer, God's New Covenant: A New Testament Translation

CBQ 

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Chrysostom

Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and Hebrews, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (American repr. of the Edinburgh edn.; Grand Rapids, 1956), first series vol. XIV

CQR 

The Church Quarterly Review

Danby 

H. Danby, The Mishnah (Oxford, 1933)

Dods 

Marcus Dods, The Gospel of St. John, The Expositor's Greek Testament (London, 1897)

DSS 

Millar Burrows, The Dead Sea Scrolls (London, 1956)

EB

 Encyclopaedia Biblica, ed. Τ. K. Cheyne and J. S. Black (London, 1956)

ERE

 Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, ed. J. Hastings, 12 vols. (Edinburgh, 1908-21)

ExT 

The Expository Times

FF

 Ferrar Fenton, The Holy Bible in Modern English (London, 1922)

FG 

Hugo Odeberg, The Fourth Gospel (Uppsala, 1929)

FGRCI

 W. F. Howard, The Fourth Gospel in Recent Criticism and Research, rev. C. K. Barrett (London, 1955)

Field 

F. Field, Notes on the Translation of the New Testament (Cambridge, 1899)

Filson

 F. V. Filson, Saint John, The Layman's Bible Commentaries (London, 1963)

Findlay

 J. Alexander Findlay, The Fourth Gospel (London, 1956)

GNB 

Good News Bible, Today's English Version

GNT 

The Greek New Testament Being the Text Translated in the New English Bible 1961, ed. R. V. G. Tasker (Oxford and Cambridge, 1964)

Godet 

F. L. Godet, Commentary on the Gospel of John, 2 vols. (Grand Rapids, n.d.)

Goodspeed

Edgar J. Goodspeed, The New Testament: An American Translation (Chicago, 1923)

Grammatical Insights

N. Turner, Grammatical Insights into the New Testament (Edinburgh, 1965)

GThJ

 Grace Theological Journal

GT 

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, being Grimm's Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti, trans.and rev. J. H. Thayer (Edinburgh, 1888)

Guthrie

 D. Guthrie, Exploring God's Word: Bible Guide to John's Gospel (London, 1986)

Haenchen

Ernst Haenchen, John, Hermeneia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1984)

Hamilton

William Hamilton, John, The Modem Reader's Guide to the Gospels (London, 1966)

Harner

 Philip B. Harner, The "I Am" of the Fourth Gospel (Philadelphia, 1970)

HDB 

A Dictionary of the Bible, ed. James Hastings, 5 vols. (Edinburgh, 1898)

HDCG 

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, ed. James Hastings, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1906)

Hendriksen

William Hendriksen, Exposition of the Gospel according to John, 2 vols. (Grand Rapids, 1953)

Hengel

 Martin Hengel, The Johannine Question (London and Philadelphia, 1989)

HHT

 John Lightfoot, Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (London,1823)

Hoskyns 

Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, The Fourth Gospel, ed. F. N. Davey (London, 1947)

HTFG

 C. H. Dodd, Historical Tradition in the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge, 1963)

HTR

 The Harvard Theological Review

Hunter

 A, Μ. Hunter, The Gospel according to John, The Cambridge Bible Commentary (Cambridge, 1965)

IB 

The Interpreter's Bible, vol. 8, The Gospel according to St. John, Introduction and Exegesis by W. F. Howard, Exposition by A. J. Gossip (New York, 1952)

IBNTG

 C. F. D. Moule. An Idiom Book of New Testament Greek (Cambridge, 1953)

IDB 

The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols. (Nashville,1962); supp. vol. (1976)

IFG 

C. H. Dodd, The Interpretation of the Fourth Gospel (Cambridge, 1953)

ISBE 

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, rev. edn., 4vols. (Grand Rapids, 1979-88)

JB 

The Jerusalem Bible

JBL 

The Journal of Biblical Literature

Johnston

 G. Johnston, The Spirit-Paraclete in the Gospel of John (Cambridge, 1970)

JThS 

The Journal of Theological Studies

KJV 

The King James Version

Kleist-Lilly

James A. Kleist and Joseph L. Lilly, The New Testament (Milwaukee, 1956)

Knox

 Ronald Knox, The Holy Bible: A Translation from the Latin Vulgate (London, 1955)

Kysar

 Robert Kysar, The Fourth Evangelist and His Gospel (Minneapolis, 1975)

LAΕ

 A. Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East (London, 1927)

Lagrange

M. J. Lagrange, Évangile selon Saint Jean (Paris, 1936)

Law

 J. Duncan M. Derrett, Law in the New Testament (London,1970)

LB 

The Living Bible, Paraphrased (Wheaton, 1971)

Lenski 

R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. John's Gospel (Columbus, 1956)

Lightfoot

R. H. Lightfoot, St. John's Gospel (Oxford, 1956)

Lindars

 Barnabas Lindars, The Gospel of John, New Century Bible (London, 1972)

Loyd

 Philip Loyd, The Life according to S. John (London and Oxford, 1936)

LS 

A Greek-English Lexicon, compiled by H. G. Liddell and R. Scott, new edn. H. S. Jones and R. McKenzie, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1940)

LT

 A. Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, 2 vols. (London, 1890)

Luther

 Luther's Works (St. Louis, n.d.)

Lüthi 

Walter Lüthi, St John's Gospel (Edinburgh and London,1960)

Μ, I

 J. H. Moulton, A Grammar of New Testament Greek, I, Prolegomena (Edinburgh, 1906)

Μ, II 

Ibid., II, Accidence and Word Formation, ed. W. F. Howard (Edinburgh, 1919)

Μ, ΙII

 Ibid., Ill, Syntax by Nigel Turner (Edinburgh, 1963)

Μ, IV 

Ibid., IV, Style by Nigel Turner (Edinburgh, 1976)

McClymont

J. A. McClymont, St. John, The Century Bible (Edinburgh, 1901)

MacGregor

G. H. C. MacGregor, The Gospel of John, Moffatt New Testament Commentary (London, 1928)

Moloney 

F J. Moloney, The Johannine Son of Man (Rome, 1976)

Mantey 

G. A. Turner and J. R. Mantey, The Gospel according to John, The Evangelical Commentary (Grand Rapids, n.d.)

Metzger 

Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (London and New York, 1971)

Michaels

 J. Ramsey Michaels, John, A Good News Commentary (San Francisco, 1984)

MiM 

W. Milligan and W. F. Moulton, Commentary on the Gospel of St. John (Edinburgh, 1898)

ML

 Millar Burrows, More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls (London, 1958)

MM 

J. H. Moulton and G. Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament (London, 1914-29)

MNTC 

The Moffatt New Testament Commentary

Moffatt 

James Moffatt, The New Testament: A New Translation (London, n.d.)

Moods

 E. de W. Burton, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek

Morgan 

G. Campbell Morgan, The Gospel according to John (London and Edinburgh, 1951)

MS(S) 

Manuscript(s)

MT

 The Massoretic Text

Murray 

J. O. F. Murray, Jesus according to S. John (London,1936)

NBD

 The New Bible Dictionary, ed. J. D. Douglas et al. (London,1961)

NEB 

The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)

Newbigin

Lesslie Newbigin, The Light Has Come (Grand Rapids, 1982)

New Docs.

G. H. R. Horsley, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 5 vols. (Macquarrie University, 1981-89)

NICNT 

The New International Commentary on the New Testament

NIDNTT 

C. Brown, ed., The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3 vols. (Exeter, 1975-78)

NIV 

New International Version

NovT

 Novum Testamentum

NPNF

 The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (American repr.; Grand Rapids, 1956)

NRSV

 New Revised Standard Version

NTS 

New Testament Studies

NTT 

E. Stauffer, New Testament Theology (London, 1955)

ODCC

 F. L. Cross, ed., The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (London, 1958)

Phillips 

J. B. Phillips, The Gospels in Modern English (London, 1957)

Pilcher

 C. Venn Pilcher, The Gospel according to St. John (Sydney, n.d.)

Plummer 

A. Plummer, The Gospel according to S. John, Cambridge Greek Testament (Cambridge, 1882)

de la Potterie

I. de la Potterie, The Hour of Jesus (Middlegreen, 1989)

Priority 

J. A. T. Robinson, The Priority of John (London, 1985)

REB 

The Revised English Bible

Reynolds

H. R. Reynolds, The Gospel of St. John, The Pulpit Commentary, 2 vols. (London, 1888)

Richardson

Alan Richardson, The Gospel according to Saint John, The Torch Bible Commentaries (London, 1959)

Rieu

 Ε. V. Rieu, The Four Gospels (Penguin Books, 1952)

Robertson

A. T. Robertson, A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research (London, n.d.)

RSV

 The Revised Standard Version

RThR 

The Reformed Theological Review

Ryle 

John Charles Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, St. John, 3 vols. (London, 1957)

SBk 

H. L. Strack und P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, 4 vols. (München, 1922-28)

Schnackenburg

Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Gospel according to St John, Herder's Theological Commentary on the New Testament, 3 vols. (New York, I, 1968; II and III, 1982)

Schonfield

H. J. Schonfield, The Authentic New Testament (London, 1956)

SDSS 

Τ. Η. Gaster, The Scriptures of the Dead Sea Sect (London,1957)

SE, I 

Studia Evangelica, I, ed. K. Aland et al. (Berlin, 1959)

SE, II 

Ibid., II, ed. F. L. Cross (Berlin, 1964)

SE, III 

Ibid., III, ed. F. L. Cross (Berlin, 1964)

SFG 

Leon Morris, Studies in the Fourth Gospel (Grand Rapids,1969)

SJT 

The Scottish Journal of Theology

SNT

 K. Stendahl, ed., The Scrolls and the New Testament (London, 1958)

Strachan

 R. H. Strachan, The Fourth Gospel (London, 1955)

Tasker

 R. V. G. Tasker, The Gospel according to St. John, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (London and Grand Rapids, 1960)

TDNT 

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, being a translation by G. W. Bromiley of Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament (Grand Rapids, 1964-76)

Temple

 William Temple, Readings in St. John's Gospel (London,1947)

Tenney 

Merrill C. Tenney, John, The Gospel of Belief (Grand Rapids, 1948)

Tenney, EBC

Merrill C. Tenney, "The Gospel of John," in Frank E. Gaebelein, ed., The Expositor's Bible Commentary, IX (Grand Rapids, 1981)

Torrey 

C. C. Torrey, The Four Gospels: A New Translation (London, n.d.)

Turner 

G. A. Turner and J. R. Mantey, The Gospel according to John, The Evangelical Commentary (Grand Rapids, n.d.)

TWBB

 A. Richardson, ed., A Theological Word Book of the Bible (London, 1950)

Twentieth Century

 The Twentieth Century New Testament (London and New York, 1904)

v.l.

 varia lectio (variant reading)

Westcott 

Brooke Foss Westcott, The Gospel according to St. John (Grand Rapids, 1954)

Weymouth

R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech (London, 1907)

Williams, C. B.

Charles B. Williams, The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People (Chicago, 1950)

Williams, C. K.

Charles Kingsley Williams, The New Testament: A New Translation in Plain English (London, 1952)

Wright

 C. J. Wright, Jesus the Revelation of God (London, 1950)

WThJ 

The Westminster Theological Journal

Wuest

 Kenneth S. Wuest, The New Testament: An Expanded Translation (London, 1961)

ZATW 

Zeitschrifi für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

ZNTW 

Zeitschrifi für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft

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