James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Abbreviations

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Abbreviations


Subjects in this Topic:

I. General

Alex.    Alexandrian.

Apoc.    Apocalypse, Apocalyptic.

Apocr.   Apocrypha, Apocryphal.

Aq.               Aquila.

Arab.    Arabic.

Aram.    Aramaic.

Assyr.   Assyrian.

AV                Authorized Version.

AVm      Authorized Version margin.

Bab.     Babylonian.

c                 circa, about.

cf.               compare.

ct.               contrast.

D                 Deuteronomist.

E                 Elohist.

edd.     editions or editors.

EV                English Version.

f.                and following verse or page: as Act_10:34 f.

ff.               and following verses or pages: as Mat_11:28 ff.

H                 Law of Holiness.

Hex.     Hexateuch.

J                 Jahwist.

J″                 Jahweh.

Jos.     Josephus.

LXX      Septuagint.

MT                Massoretic Text.

n.                note.

NT                New Testament.

OT                Old Testament.

P                 Priestly Narrative.

Pr. Bk.  Prayer Book.

R                 Redactor.

RV                Revised Version.

RVm      Revised Version margin.

TR                Textus Receptus.

tr.               translate or translation.

VSS      Versions.

Vulg.    Vulgate.

WH       Westcott and Hort’s text.

II. Books of the Bible

Apocrypha

1 Es, 2 Es       1 and 2 Esdras.

To                Tobit.

Jth               Judith.

Ad. Est  Additions to Esther.

Wis      Wisdom.

Sir               Sirach or Ecclesiasticus.

Bar               Baruch.

Three    Song of the Three Children.

Sus               Susanna.

Bel               Bel and the Dragon.

Pr. Man  Prayer of Manasses.

1 Mac, 2 Mac     1 and 2 Maccabees.

III. For the Literature

AHT      Ancient Hebrew Tradition.

AJTh     American Journal of Theology.

AT                Altes Testament.

BRP      Biblical Researches in Palestine.

COT      Cuneiform Inscriptions and the OT.

DB                Dictionary of the Bible.

DCG      Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.

EBi      Encyclopædia Biblica.

EBr      Encyclopædia Britannica.

EGT      Expositor’s Greek Testament.

ExpT     Expository Times.

GAP      Geographie des alten Palästina.

GGA      Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen.

GGN      Nachrichten der königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.

GJV      Geschichte des Jüdischen Volkes.

GVI      Geschichte des Volkes Israel.

HCM      Higher Criticism and the Monuments.

HGHL     Historical Geography of Holy Land.

HJP      History of the Jewish People.

HPN      Hebrew Proper Names.

HWB      Handwörterbuch.

ICC      International Critical Commentary.

JAOS     Journ. of the Amer. Oriental Society.

JBL      Journ. of Biblical Literature.

JE                Jewish Encyclopedia.

JQR      Jewish Quarterly Review.

JThSt    Journal of Theological Studies.

KAT      Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament.

KIB      Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek.

LB                The Land and the Book.

LOT      Introd. to the Literature of the Old Testament.

MNDPV    Mittheil. u. Nachrichten d. Deutch. Pal.-Vereins.

OTJC     The Old Test. in the Jewish Church.

PB                Polychrome Bible.

PEF      Palestine Exploration Fund.

PEFSt    Quarterly Statement of the same.

PSBA     Proceedings of Soc. of Bibl. Archæology.

PRE      Real-Encykl. für protest. Theol. und Kirche

RB                Revue Biblique.

RE                Realencyklopädie.

REJ      Revue des Études Juives.

RP                Records of the Past.

RS                Religion of the Semites.

RWB      Realwörterbuch.

SBOT     Sacred Books of Old Testament.

SP                Sinai and Palestine.

SWP      Memoirs of the Survey of W. Palestine.

TS                Texts and Studies.

TSBA     Transactions of Soc. of Bibl. Archæology.

TU                Texte und Untersuchungen.

WAI      Western Asiatic Inscriptions.

ZATW     Zeitschrift für die Alttest. Wissenschaft.

ZNTW     Zeitschrift für die Neutest. Wissenschaft.

A small superior number designates the particular edition of the work referred to: as KAT [Note: Die Keilinschriften und das Alte Testament.] 2, LOT [Note: OT Introd. to the Literature of the Old Testament.] 6.