References and Abbreviations

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

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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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