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References and Abbreviations
Barrett |
C.K. Barrett, The Gospel According to St. John (Second Edition; Westminster, 1978) |
BDAG |
A Greek‐English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, by Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000) |
Beasley-Murray |
George R. Beasley-Murray, John (Word Biblical Commentary 36; Word, 1987) |
Brown |
Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John (Anchor Bible; Doubleday; Part 1, John I-XII, 1966; Part 2, John XIII-XXII, |
Carson |
D. A. Carson, The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary; Eerdmans, 1991) |
DJG |
Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992) |
ESV |
English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001) |
Grudem, Systematic Theology |
Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Zondervan, 1994, 2000) |
ISBE |
Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition) |
Jesus & Archaeology |
James H. Charlesworth (editor), Jesus and Archaeology (Eerdmans, 2006) |
KJV |
King James Version (Authorized Version, 1611) |
Kruse |
Colin G. Kruse, John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries; Eerdmans, 2003) |
Ladd |
George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1974), especially his section on “The Fourth Gospel,” pp. 213-308 |
Liddell‐Scott |
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott, A Greek‐English Lexicon (revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie; Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940, Perseus Project online edition) |
Metzger |
Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (United Bible Societies, 1971) |
Morris, John |
Leon Morris, The Gospel According to John (New International Commentary of the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1971) |
Morris, Studies |
Leon Morris, Studies in the Fourth Gospel (Eerdmans, 1969) |
Morris, Theology |
Leon Morris, Gospel of Life: Theology in the Fourth Gospel (Hendrickson, 1991) |
NASB |
New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1960-1988) |
NIDNTT |
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Colin Brown (editor; Zondervan, 1975‐1978; translated with additions and revisions from Theologisches Begriffslexikon zum Neuen Testament, Coenen, Beyreuther, and Bitenhard, editors) |
NIV |
New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978) |
NJB |
New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd, 1985) |
NRSV |
New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ, USA, 1989) |
Robertson |
Archibald Thomas Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1932, 1960) |
Strack and Billerbeck |
Hermann L. Strack and Paul Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch (München: Beck, 1922) |
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) |
Thompson |
Marianne Meye Thompson, “John, Gospel of,” in DJG, pp. 368-383 |
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