References and Abbreviations

ABD

David Noel Freedman (editor-in-chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992)

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 (eds.), A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907). Used in an electronic edition.

BDF

Friedrich Blass, Albert Debrunner, and Robert W. Funk, A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (University of Chicago Press, 1961)

Brown, John

Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John (The Anchor Bible, volumes 29 and 29A; Doubleday, 1966)

Dana and Mantey

H.E. Dana and Julius R. Mantey, A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament (Macmillan, 1927)

DJG

Joel B. Green and Scot McKnight (editors), Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity Press, 1992)

Green, Luke

Joel B. Green, The Gospel of Luke (The New International Commentary on the New Testament; Eerdmans, 1997)

France, Matthew

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)

Jeremias, Jerusalem

Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (Fortress Press/SCM Press 1969)

Jeremias, Parables

Joachim Jeremias, The Parables of Jesus (Scribners/SCM, 1972)

KJV

King James Version (Authorized Version, 1611)

Life & Times

Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (2 volume edition; Eerdmans, 1969, reprinted from the third edition, 1886)

Marshall, Luke

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)

Moore

George Foot Moore, Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era: the Age of Tannaim (Hendrickson, 1997, reprinted from 1927 Harvard University Press edition), 2 volumes

Morris, Matthew

Leon Morris, The Gospel According to Matthew (Pillar Commentary series; Eerdmans, 1992)

Morris, Luke

Leon Morris, The Gospel According to St. Luke (Tyndale NT Commentaries; Eerdmans, 1974)

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)

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

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1932-33, renewed 1960). Used in an electronic 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)