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References and Abbreviations
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
| ABD | David Noel Freedman (Editor-in-Chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992, 6 volumes) | 
| 
  Archaeological Encyclopedia  | 
  Avraham Negev (ed.), Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, (Thomas Nelson, 1986) | 
| BDB | Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907) | 
| De Vaux | Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel (McGraw-Hill, 1961) | 
| DOTP | T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (InterVarsity Press, 2003) | 
| Hamilton | Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1-17 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1990) and Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1995) | 
| ISBE | Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition) | 
| Keil and Delitzsch | Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (Eerdmans, reprinted 1976). Vol. 1 -- Pentateuch was written by Carl Friedrich Keil (Johann Friedrich Karl Keil, 1807-1888; published in German in 1861 and translated by James Martin from German. | 
| Kidner | Derek Kidner, Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1968) | 
| NIDBA | Edward M. Blaiklock and R.K. Harrison (editors), New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology (Zondervan, 1983). | 
| Speiser | Ephraim A. Speiser, Genesis (Anchor Bible Commentary, Vol 1; Doubleday, 1964) | 
| TDOT | G. Johannes Botterweck and Helmer Ringgren (eds.), John T. Willis (trans.), Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (Eerdmans, 1975) | 
| TWOT | R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980) | 
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