AB Anchor Bible
ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by D. N. Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Alleg. Interp. Philo, Allegorical Interpretation
ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by J. B. Pritchard. 3d ed. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1969.
Ant. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
AOAT Alter Orient und Altes Testament
ARMT Archives royales de Mari, transcrite et traduite
As. Mos. Assumption of Moses
b. Babylonian Talmud
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research
BDB Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, Edited by F. Brown, S. R. Driver, C. A. Briggs. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1962.
BSC Bible Student’s Commentary
BT The Bible Translator
BWL Babylonian Wisdom Literature. Edited by W. G. Lambert. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1960.
CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Edited by E. Reiner et al. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1956–.
CAH Cambridge Ancient History
CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
COS The Context of Scripture. Edited by W. W. Hallo and K. L. Younger. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
DDD Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. Edited by K. van der Toorn, B. Becking, and P. W. van der Horst. Leiden: Brill, 1995.
EA El-Amarna tablets. According to the edition of J. A. Knudtzon. Die el-Amarna-Tafeln. Leipzig, 1908–1915. Reprint, Aalen, 1965. Continued in A. F. Rainey, El-Amarna Tablets, 359–379. 2d rev. ed. Kevelaer, 1978.
ExpTim Expository Times
GKC Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar. Edited by E. Kautzsch. Translated by A. E. Cowley. 2d ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1946.
GTJ Grace Theological Journal
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. 4 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1994–1999.
HSM Harvard Semitic Monographs
HSS Harvard Semitic Studies
HTR Harvard Theological Review
HUCA Hebrew Union College Annual
IBC Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
IBHS An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. B. K. Waltke and M. O’Connor. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
IDB The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by G. A. Buttrick and K. R. Crim. 4 vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 1962.
IEJ Israel Exploration Journal
Interp Interpretation
JANESCU Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University
JAOS Journal of the American Oriental Society
JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Joüen A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Edited by P. Joüen. Trans. and rev. T. Muraoka. 2 vols. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1991.
JPSTC Jewish Publication Society Torah Commentary
JR Journal of Religion
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
KJV King James Version
LXX Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament)
NAC New American Commentary
NASB New American Standard Bible
Ned. Nedarim
NICOT New International Commentary on the Old Testament
NIDOTTE New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis. Edited by W. VanGemeren. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997.
NIV New International Version
NJPS New Jewish Publication Society translation of the Hebrew Bible
NKJV New King James Version
NLT New Living Translation
NRSV New Revised Standard Version
Or Orientalia
OTL Old Testament Library
SAOC Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilizations
SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series
SBLWAW Society of Biblical Literature Writings from the Ancient World
SBTS Sources for Biblical and Theological Study
SJOT Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
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. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974–.
TLOT Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament. Edited by E. Jenni, with assistance from C. Westermann. Translated by M. E. Biddle. 3 vols. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1997.
TynBul Tyndale Bulletin
VT Vetus Testamentum
VTSup Vetus Testamentum Supplements
WBC Word Biblical Commentary
WTJ Westminster Theological Journal