Abbreviations

ANET	Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. Princeton, 1969
BDAG	Bauer, W., F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago, 1999
ca.	circa (about, approximately)
cf.	compare
chap(s).	chapter(s)
COS	The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hallo. 3 vols. Leiden, 1997–
e.g.	for example
ESV	English Standard Version
HALOT	Koehler, L., W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden, 1994–2000
HCSB	Holman Christian Standard Bible
i.e.	that is
KJV	King James Version
NASB	New American Standard Bible
NEB	New English Bible
NET	New English Translation
NIV	New International Version (2011 edition)
NIV 1984	New International Version (1984 edition)
NJB	New Jerusalem Bible
NJPS	The Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures: The New JPS Translation according to the Traditional Hebrew Text
NKJV	New King James Version
NLT	New Living Translation
NRSV	New Revised Standard Version
RSV	Revised Standard Version
TDOT	Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Edited by G. J. Botterweck and H. Ringgren. Translated by J. T. Willis, G. W. Bromiley, and D. E. Green. 8 vols. Grand Rapids, 1974–
TNIV	Today’s New International Version