(p. x) (p. xi) List of Abbreviations
(p. x) (p. xi) List of Abbreviations
Periodicals, Series, and Reference Works
ABD | Anchor Bible Dictionary |
AHR | American Historical Review |
AJA | American Journal of Archaeology |
ANF | Ante-Nicene Fathers |
BA | Biblical Archaeologist |
BCPE | Bulletin du Centre protestant d’études |
BDB | Brown, Francis, S. R. Driver, Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament |
BibInt | Biblical Interpretation |
BRev | Bible Review |
BSR | Bulletin for the Study of Religion |
BTB | Biblical Theology Bulletin |
CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
CH | Church History |
ChrCent | Christian Century |
CIL | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum |
CJ | Classical Journal |
ClAnt | Classical Antiquity |
ClQ | Classical Quarterly |
CPJ | Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum |
CurBR | Currents in Biblical Research |
CurBS | Currents in Research: Biblical Studies |
CurTM | Currents in Theology and Mission |
Enc | Encounter |
Historia | Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte |
HR | History of Religions |
HSCP | Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |
HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
Hug | Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies |
(p. xii) IJO | Inscriptiones Judaicae Orientis |
ILS | Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae |
Int | Interpretation |
JAAR | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
JAC | Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum |
JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
JECS | Journal of Early Christian Studies |
JFSR | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion |
JGRChJ | Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism |
JIWE | Jewish Inscriptions of Western Europe |
JR | Journal of Religion |
JRS | Journal of Roman Studies |
JSJ | Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Periods |
JSNT | Journal for the Study of the New Testament |
JSOT | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament |
JTS | Journal of Theological Studies |
LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
LSJ | Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart James, A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th edition with revised supplement |
LTP | Laval théologique et philosophique |
Mus | Muséon: Revue d’études orientales |
Neot | Neotestamentica |
NHC | Nag Hammadi Codices |
NovT | Novum Testamentum |
NTApoc | New Testament Apocrypha. 2003. 2 vols. Revised ed. Edited by Wilhelm Schneemelcher. English trans. edited by Robert McL. Wilson. |
NTS | New Testament Studies |
Numen | Numen: International Review for the History of Religions |
PRSt | Perspectives in Religious Studies |
QBC | The Queer Bible Commentary |
REG | Revue des études grecques |
SBLSP | Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers |
SecCent | Second Century |
SJT | Scottish Journal of Theology |
SPhiloA | Studia Philonica Annual |
SR | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses |
ST | Studia Theologica |
(p. xiii) StPatr | Studia Patristica |
SVF | Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta |
TJ | Trinity Journal |
TS | Theological Studies |
USQR | Union Seminary Quarterly Review |
VC | Vigilliae Christianae |
WW | Word and World |
YCS | Yale Classical Studies |
ZAW | Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche |
ZSS | Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte |
Ancient Sources
All unattributed texts are listed under “Anonymous.” Biblical texts, deuterocanonical works, and Septuagint are not listed but follow the standard abbreviations in the SBL Handbook of Style, second edition. For abbreviations of specific Qumran texts, see SBL. For ease of reference for nonspecialists, rabbinic texts are not abbreviated.
Achilles Tatius
Leuc. Clit. | Leucippe et Clitophon |
Adamantius
Phys. | Physiognomy |
Aeschylus
Pers. | Persae |
Anonymous
Acts Andr. | Acts of Andrew |
Acts Paul | Acts of Paul |
Acts Pet. | Acts of Peter |
Acts Phil. | Acts of Philip |
Acts Thecla | Acts of (Paul and) Thecla |
Acts Thom. | Acts of Thomas |
Ap. John | Apocryphon of John |
Apoc. Adam | Apocalypse of Adam |
(p. xiv) 1 Apoc. Jas. | 1 Apocalypse of James |
Apoc. Peter | Apocalypse of Peter |
2 Bar. | 2 Baruch |
Barn. | Barnabas |
BG | Berlin Gnostic Codex |
BW | Book of the Watchers |
CD | Cairo Genizah copy of the Damascus Document |
Dial. Sav. | Dialogue of the Savior |
Did. | Didache |
Dig. | Digesta seu Pandectae |
1 En. | 1 Enoch |
2 En. | 2 Enoch |
Ep. Apos. | Epistle to the Apostles |
Exeg. Soul | Exegesis of the Soul |
Gos. Mary | Gospel of Mary |
Gos. Phil. | Gospel of Philip |
Gos. Thom. | Gospel of Thomas |
Herm. Mand. | Shepherd of Hermas, Mandates |
Herm. Vis. | Shepherd of Hermas, Visions |
Hyp. Arch. | Hypostasis of the Archons |
Inf. Gos. Thom. | Infancy Gospel of Thomas |
Jos. Asen. | Joseph and Aseneth |
Jub. | Jubilees |
LAB | Liber antiquitatum biblicarum (Pseudo-Philo) |
LAE | Life of Adam and Eve |
Life and Miracles | Life and Miracles of Saint Thecla |
4 Macc. | 4 Maccabees |
Man. Ps. | Manichaean Psalms |
Mart. Lyons | Martyrs of Lyons |
Mart. Paul | Martyrdom of Paul |
Mart. Perp. Fel. | Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas |
Mart. Polycarp | Martyrdom of Polycarp |
Odes Sol. | Odes of Solomon |
Orig. World | On the Origin of the World |
Pis. Soph. | Pistis Sophia |
Prot. Jas. | Protevangelium of James |
Soph. Jes. Chr. | Sophia of Jesus Christ |
T. Reu. | Testament of Reuben |
Testim. Truth | Testimony of Truth |
(p. xv) Thund. | Thunder: Perfect Mind |
Treat. Seth | Second Treatise of the Great Seth |
Tri. Trac. | Tripartite Tractate |
Trim. Prot. | Trimorphic Protennoia |
Apollonius of Rhodes
Argon. | Argonautica |
Apuleius
Metam. | Metamorphoses |
Aristotle
Eth. nic. | Ethica nicomachea |
Gen. an. | De generatione anamalium |
Oec. | Oeconomica |
Pol. | Politica |
[Probl.] | Problemata |
Arrian
Epict. diss. | Epicteti dissertationes |
Athenagoras
Leg. | Legatio pro Christianis |
Bion
Epitaph. Adon. | Epitaphius Adonis |
Callimachus
Hymn. Dian. | Hymnus in Dianam |
Cassius Dio
Hist. Rom. | Historia Romana |
Chariton
Chaer. | De Chaerea et Callirhoe |
(p. xvi) Cicero
Off. | De officiis |
Rep. | De republica |
Verr. | In Verrem |
Clement of Alexandria
Exc. | Excerpta ex Theodoto |
Paed. | Paedagogus |
Protr. | Protrepticus |
Strom. | Stromateis |
Dio Chrysostom
1 Glor. | De gloria i (Or. 66) |
1 Melanc. | Melancomas i (Or. 29) |
4 Regn. | De regno iv (Or. 4) |
Ven. | Venator (Or. 7) |
Virt. | De virtute (Or. 8) |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Ant. rom. | Antiquitates romanae |
Epictetus
Diatr. | Diatribai (Dissertationes) |
Epiphanius
Pan. | Panarion (Adversus haereses) |
Euripides
Bacch. | Bacchae |
Iph. aul. | Iphigenia aulidensis |
Suppl. | Supplices |
Eusebius
Hist. eccl. | Historia ecclesiastica |
(p. xvii) Hippolytus
Trad. ap. | Traditio apostolica |
Horace
Carm. | Carmina |
Sat. | Satirae |
Iamblichus
VP | De vita pythagorica |
Ignatius of Antioch
Ign. Magn. | To the Magnesians |
Ign. Pol. | To Polycarp |
Ign. Rom. | To the Romans |
Ign. Smyrn. | To the Smyrnaeans |
Irenaeus
Haer. | Adversus haereses |
Isocrates
Paneg. | Panegyricus (Or. 4) |
Jerome
Epist. | Epistulae |
John Chrysostom
Adv. Jud. | Adversus Judaeos |
Hom. Rom. | Homiliae in epistulam ad Romanos |
Virginit. | De virginitate |
Josephus
A.J. | Antiquitates judaicae |
B.J. | Bellum judaicum |
C. Ap. | Contra Apionem |
(p. xviii) Justin Martyr
1 Apol. | Apologia i |
Dial. | Dialogus cum Tryphone |
Juvenal
Sat. | Satirae |
Longus
Daphn. | Daphnis and Chloe |
Lucian
Dial. mort. | Dialogi mortuorum |
Methodius of Olympus
Res. | De resurrectione |
Minucius Felix
Oct. | Octavius |
Musonius Rufus
Diss. | Dissertationes |
Origen
Cels. | Contra Celsum |
Hom. Luc. | Homiliae in Lucam |
Ovid
Tr. | Tristia |
Petronius
Sat. | Satyricon |
Philo
Abr. | De Abrahamo |
Agr. | De agricultura |
(p. xix) Alleg. | Interpr.Legum allegoriae |
Congr. | De congressu eruditionis gratia |
Contempl. | De vita contemplativa |
Flacc. | In Flaccum |
Fug. | De fuga et inventione |
Hypoth. | Hypothetica |
Ios. | De Iosepho |
Legat. | Legatio ad Gaium |
Mos. | De vita Mosis |
Opif. | De opificio mundi |
Prob. | Quod omnis probus liber sit |
QE | Quaestiones et solutiones in Exodum |
QG | Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin |
Somn. | De somniis |
Spec. | De specialibus legibus |
Virt. | De virtutibus |
Plato
Crat. | Cratylus |
Gorg. | Gorgias |
Leg. | Leges |
Phaed. | Phaedo |
Resp. | Respublica |
Symp. | Symposium |
Pliny the Elder
Nat. | Naturalis historia |
Pliny the Younger
Pan. | Panegyricus |
Plutarch
Amic. mult. | De amicorum multitudine |
Cat. Maj. | Cato Major |
Cohib. ira | De cohibenda ira |
Conj. praec. | Conjugalia Praecepta |
Cons. ux. | Consolatio ad uxorem |
(p. xx) De esu | De esu carnium |
Mor. | Moralia |
Mulier. virt. | Mulierum virtutes |
Quaest. conv. | Quaestionum convivialum libri IX |
Rom. | Romulus |
Stoic. rep. | De Stoicorum repugnantiis |
Virt. mor. | De virtute morali |
Virt. prof. | Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus |
Pseudo-Justin Martyr
Res. | De resurrectione |
Pseudo-Lucian
Am. | Amores |
Seneca the Younger
Ben. | De beneficiis |
Ep. | Epistulae morales |
Stobaeus
Ecl. | Eclogae |
Flor. | Florilegium |
Suetonius
Vit. | Vitellius |
Tacitus
Agr. | Agricola |
Ann. | Annales |
Hist. | Historiae |
Tertullian
Apol. | Apologeticus |
Bapt. | De baptismo |
Carn. Chr. | De carne Christi |
(p. xxi) Cult. fem. | De cultu feminarum |
Exh. cast. | De exhortation castitatis |
Idol. | De idololatria |
Mon. | De monogamia |
Pall. | De pallio |
Res. | De resurrectione carnis |
Spect. | De spectaculis |
Virg. | De virginibus velandis |
Theophilus of Antioch
Autol. | Ad Autolycum |
Varro
Rust. | De re rustica |
Virgil
Aen. | Aeneid |
Ec. | Eclogae |
Xenophon
Cyr. | Cyropaedia |
Mem. | Memorabilia |
Oec. | Oeconomicus |
Symp. | Symposium |
