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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