AB Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. David N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York, 1992.
ACEBT Amsterdamse Cahiers voor Exegese en bijbelse Theologie
AfO Archiv für Orientforschung
AJSL American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature
AnBib Analecta biblica
ANEP Ancient Near Eastern Texts in Pictures. Ed. J. Pritchard. Princeton, 1954
ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Ed. J. Pritchard. Princeton, 1969.
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
ARAB Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia. Ed. D. D. Luckenbill. 2 vols. Chicago, 1926–1927.
ARM Archives royales de Mari
AUSS Andrews University Seminary Studies
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
BBB Bonner biblische Beiträge
BBR Bulletin of Biblical Research
BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BHQ Biblia Hebraica Quinta
BHRG Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar. Ed. C. H. J. Van der Merwe. Sheffield, 1999.
BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Bib Biblica
BibOr Biblica et orientalia
BIS Biblical Interpretation Series
BJS Brown Judaic Studies
BN Biblische Notizen
BRev Bible Review
BSac Bibliotheca sacra
BST Bible Speaks Today
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BWANT Beiträge zur Wissenschaft vom Alten und Neuen Testament
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZAW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
CahRB Cahiers de la Revue biblique
CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 1956.
CANE Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
CAT Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani, and Other Places [=CTU]. Ed. M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, J. Sanmartin. Münster, 1995.
CBC Cambridge Bible Commentary
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CH Code of Hammurabi. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
chap(s). chapter(s)
ConBOT Coniectanea biblica: Old Testament Series
COS Context of Scripture. Ed. W. W. Hallo. Leiden, 1997–.
CurBR Currents in Biblical Research
DBAT Dielheimer Blätter zum Alten Testament
DCH Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Ed. D. J. A. Clines. Sheffield, 1993–.
DDD Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Ed. K. van der Toorn et al. Leiden, 1995, rev. ed. 1998.
DDS Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School. By M. Weinfield. Winona Lake, 1992
DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert. Oxford University Press. 44 vols. 1955–.
DOTP Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch. Ed. T. D. Alexander and D. W. Baker. Downers Grove, 2003.
EGL Eastern Great Lakes
EncJud Encyclopaedia Judaica. Jerusalem, 1972.
ErIsr Eretz-Israel
ESV English Standard Version
ETL Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
ExAud Ex auditu
ExpTim Expository Times
FAT Forschungen zum Alten Testament
FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literature des Alten und Neuen Testaments
HALOT Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Ed. L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. 2 vols. Leiden, 1994–2000.
HAT Handbuch zum Alten Testament
HBS Herder biblische Studien
HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology
HDT Hittite Diplomatic Texts. Ed. G. Beckman. 2nd ed. Atlanta, 1999.
HKAT Handkommentar zum Alten Testament
HL Hittite Laws Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
HS Hebrew Studies
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HSS Harvard Semitic Studies
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
IBD Illustrated Bible Dictionary
ICC International Critical Commentary
IDB Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
Int Interpretation
JANES Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society
JATS Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature
JBQ Jewish Bible Quarterly
JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JHS Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
JJS Journal of Jewish Studies
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JNWSL Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages
JPA Jewish Publication Society
JQR Jewish Quarterly Review
JSJ Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman Periods
JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series
JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament: Supplement Series
JSS Journal of Semitic Studies
JTI Journal of Theological Interpretation
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
KTU Die Keilalphabetischen Texte au Ugarit [=CTU]
LCC Library of Christian Classics
LE Laws of Eshnunna. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
LH Laws of Hammurabi. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
LL Laws of Lipit-Ishtar. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
LNTS Library of New Testament Studies
LX Laws of X (an unknown ruler). See M. T. Roth, Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
LXX Septuagint
m. Mishnah
MAL Middle Assyrian Laws. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
MT Masoretic Text
MWBS Midwest Biblical Societies
NAC New American Commentary
NCB New Century Bible
NIB New Interpreter’s Bible
NIBC New International Biblical Commentary
NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament
NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament
NIDB New International Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. J. D. Douglas and Merrill C. Tenney. Grand Rapids, 1987.
NIDOTTE New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis. Ed. W. VanGemeren. 5 vols. Grand Rapids, 1997.
NIV New International Version
NIVAC NIV Application Commentary
NJPS New Jewish Publication Society
NKJV New King James Version
NLT New Living Translation
NovT Novum Testamentum
NovTSup Novum Testamentum Supplements
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
NTS New Testament Studies
OBO Orbis biblicus et orientalis
OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology
OTL Old Testament Library
OTS Old Testament Studies
OtSt Oudtestamentische Studiën
PEQ Palestine Exploration Quarterly
RB Revue biblique
RevExp Review and Expositor
RevQ Revue de Qumran
RIME The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Early Periods
SAA State Archives of Assyria
SANE Sources from the Ancient Near East
SBA Studies in Biblical Archaeology
SBJT Southern Baptist Journal of Theology
SBLABS Society of Biblical Literature Archaeology and Biblical Studies
SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
SBLMS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series
SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers
SBLWAW Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World
SBT Studies in Biblical Theology
SHANE Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East
SSI Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions. Ed. J. C. L. Gibson. 3 vols. Oxford, 1971–82.
STDJ Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judea
StEv Studia evangelica
TA Tel Aviv
TCS Texts from Cuneiform Sources
TDOT Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Ed. G. J. Botterweck and H. Ringgren. 15 vols. Grand Rapids, 1974–.
TJ Trinity Journal
TLOT Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament. Ed. E. Jenni and C. Westermann. 3 vols. Peabody, MA, 1997.
TWOT A Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Ed. R. L. Harris, G. L. Archer, and B. K. Waltke. 2 vols. Chicago, 1980.
TynBul Tyndale Bulletin
UF Ugarit-Forschungen
UNP Ugaritic Narrative Poetry. S. B. Parker. SBLWAW 9. Atlanta, 1997.
v(v). verse(s)
VF Verkündigung und Forschung
VT Vetus Testamentum
VTE Vassal Treaties of Esardhaddon. Ed. M. T. Roth. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia. Atlanta, 1997.
VTSup Vetus Testamentum Supplements
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
WMANT Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament
WTJ Westminster Journal of Theology
ZAW Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft