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Common Abbreviations used in the JesusWalk Bible Study
Here are some common abbreviations used in the Web version of JesusWalk. This is a work in progress. I'll be adding to the list from time to time. Many of these are for sale at discount through our bookstore, both the Luke references, as well as the general reference works.
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ABD |
David Noel Freedman (editor-in-chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992) |
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BDAG |
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BAGD |
Walter Bauer, F. Wilbur Gingrich, and Frederick W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Second Edition; based on a previous English edition by W.F. Arndt and F.W. Gingrich; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979). |
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Barclay |
William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke (The Daily Study Bible Series; Westminster Press, 1953, revised edition 1975) |
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DJG |
Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (editors), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992) |
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Green |
Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke (The New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1997) |
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ISBE |
Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition) |
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Life & Times |
Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (2 volume edition; Eerdmans, 1969, reprinted from the third edition, 1886) |
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Marshall |
I. Howard Marshall, Commentary on Luke (New International Greek Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1978) |
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Merriam-Webster |
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition; Merriam-Webster, 1993) |
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Morris |
Leon Morris, The Gospel According to St. Luke (Tyndale NT Commentaries; Eerdmans, 1974) |
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NIDNTT |
Colin Brown (general editor), The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (Zondervan, 1975-1978; translated with additions and revisions from Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament, 1967-1971, three volume edition) |
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Shorter Lexicon |
F. Wilbur Gingrich, revised by Frederick W. Danker, Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (an abridgement with some revision of the Bauer, Arndt, and Gingrich, Greek-English Lexicon [BAGD] above; Second Edition; University of Chicago Press, 1983) |
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Strack and Billerbeck |
H.L. Strack und P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch, München, 1956. |
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TDNT |
Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten volume edition) |
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Thayer |
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Associated Publishers and Authors, n.d., reprinted from 1889 edition) |
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