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References and Abbreviations
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
BDAG |
Walter Bauer and Frederick W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on a previous English edition by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979). This is the standard NT Greek-English Lexicon. |
BDB |
Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907) |
Beasley-Murray |
George R. Beasley-Murray, John (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 36; Word, 1987) |
Death |
Raymond E. Brown, Death of the Messiah (Doubleday, 1994), volumes 1 and 2. |
France |
R.T. France, The Gospel of Matthew (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 2007) |
ISBE |
Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition) |
Life & Times |
Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (2 volume edition; Eerdmans, 1969, reprinted from the third edition, 1886) |
Lane |
William L. Lane, Commentary on the Gospel of Mark (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1974) |
Marshall |
I. Howard Marshall, Commentary on Luke (New International Greek Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1978) |
Merriam-Webster |
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition; Merriam-Webster, 1993) |
Morris |
Leon Morris, The Gospel According To John (New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1971) |
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) |
Strack and Billerbeck |
H.L. Strack und P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch (München, 1956) |
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) |
Thayer |
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Associated Publishers and Authors, n.d., reprinted from 1889 edition, used in electronic form) |
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