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LIST OF ABBEEVIATIONS
L General
Alex. = Alexandrian.
Apoc = Apocalypse.
Apocr. = Apocrypha.
Aq. =Aquiia.
AAb. = Arabic.
Aram. = Aramaic
Assyr. = Assyrian.
Bab. = Babyloniail.
c. = circa, about.
Can. = Canaanite.
of. = compare.
ct.= contrast.
D = Deuteronomist.
E = Eloliist.
edd. = editions or editors.
KKyP—E^'JI't-ian.
Eng. = Enj.'lisli.
Eth. = Etliiopie.
f. =and following verse or page ; as Ac lO'*'*
if. =and following verses or pages ; as Mt ll**"*
Gr. = Greek.
H = Law of Holiness.
Heb. = Hebrew.
Hel. = Hellenistic.
Hex. = Hexateuch.
Isr. = Isr.aelite.
J = Jahwist.
J" = Jehovah.
Jerus. = Jerusalem.
Jos. =Josephus.
LXX = SeptuaginU
MSS = Manuscripts.
MT = Massoretic Text
n. =note.
NT = New Testament.
Onk. = Onkelos.
0T = Old Testament.
P= Priestly Narrative.
Pal. = Palestine, Palestinian,
Pent. = Pentateuch.
Pers. = Persian.
Phil. = Philistine.
Phoen. = Phoenician.
Pr. Bk. = Prayer Book.
R = Redactor.
Rom. = Roman.
Sam. = Samaritan.
Sem. = Semitic.
Sept. = Septuagint
Sin.=Sinaitic.
Symm. =Syniraachna.
Syr. = Syriac.
Talm.= Talmud.
Targ. =Targum.
Theod. =Theodotion.
TR = Textus Receptus.
tr. = translate or translation
VSS = Versions.
Vulg.= Vulgate.
WH= Westcott and Hort's text.
II. Books of the Bible
Old Testament.
Gn = Genesis.
Ex = Exoilus.
Lv = Leviticus.
Nu = Numbers.
Dt = Deut eronomy.
Jos = Joshua.
Jg = Judges.
Ru = Rutli.
I S, 2 S = 1 and 2 Samuel.
1 K, 2 K = 1 and 2 Kings.
1 Ch, 2 Ch = 1 and 2
Chronicles. Ezr = Ezra. Nell = Neheraiah. Esl= Esther. Job.
Ps = Psalms. Pr = Proverbs. Ec — Ecclesiastes.
Ca= Canticles. Is = Isaiah. Jer = Jeremiah. La = Lamentations. Ezk = Ezekiel. Dn = Daniel. Hos = Hosea. Jl = Joel. Am = Amos. Ob = Obadiali. Jon = Jonah. Mic = Micah. Nah = Nahum. Hab = Habakkuk. Zeph = Zephaniah. Hag = Haggai. Zee = Zechariah. Mal = MalachL
1 Es, 2 Eg = I
Esdraa.
Apocrypha. and 2 To = Tobit. Jth = Judith.
Ad. Est = Additions to
Esther. Wis = Wisdom. Sir = Sirach or Ecclesi-
asticus. Bar = Baruch. Three = Song of the
Three Children.
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Sns = Susanna. Bel = Bel and
Dragon. Pr. Man = Prayer of
Manasses. 1 Mac, 2 Mao = l and 2
Maccabees.
New Testament,
Mt = Matthew.
Mk = Mark.
Lk = Luke.
Jn = John.
Ac = Acts.
Ro = Romans.
1 Co, 2 Co = 1 and 2
Corinthians. Gal = Galatians. Eph = Ephesians. Ph = Philippians. Col=Colossian8.
1 Th, 2 Th = 1 and 2
Thessalonians. 1 Ti, 2 Ti = 1 and 2
Timothy. Tit = Titus. PhUem = Philemon. He = Hebrews. Ja==James.
1 P, 2P=1 and2 Peter. 1 Jn, 2 Jn, 3 Jn = l, 2,
and 3 John. Jude. Rer = Revelation.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
IIL English Versions
Wyc.=Wyclif'B Bible (NT «. 1380, OT c. 1382,
Purvey's Revision c. 1388). Tind. = Tindale's NT 1520 and 1534, Pent. 1530. Gov. = Coverdale's Bible 1535. Matt, or Koj;. =Mattlie\v'8 (i.e. prob. Rogers')
Bible 1537. Gran, or Great=Cranmer's ' Great' Bible 1539. Tav. = Taverner's Bible 15,39. Gen.=Geneva NT 1557, Bible 1560.
Bisli. = Bishops' Bible 1568.
Tom. = Tomson's NT 1576.
Kliem. = Klieinish NT 1582.
Don. = Douay OT 1609.
AV = Authorized Version 1611.
AVin = Authorized Version margin.
RV = Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1886.
KVm = Revised Version margin.
EV = Autli. and Rev. Versions.
IV. For the Literaturb
.<4.ffT= Ancient Hebrew Tradition.
.i4r=Alte8 Testament.
Si = Hampton Lecture.
BM= British Museum.
BiJi'=Biblical Researches in Palestine.
C/G = Corpus Inscriptionum Gra'carum.
C/i = Corpu3 Inscriptionum Latin.aruni.
C/>S=Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum.
0*07"= Cuneiform Inscriptions and the OT.
/)5= Dictionary of the Bible.
EHII=Ea.r\y History of the Hebrews.
GylP=Geo^raphie des alten Paliistina.
GGA =G6ttin^'ische Gelehrte AnzBit;fn.
6rGi\r=Nachrichten der kbnigl. Gesellschaft der
Wissenschaften zu Gbttingen. (?K/=Geschiclite des Volkes Israel. //^Cil/= Higher Criticism and the Monumenta. /^^ = Historia Ecclesiastica. /rG/7/, = Historical Geog. of Holy Land. ^/= History of Israel. HJP=}i\stoTy of the Jewish Peojile. HPM= History, Prophecy, and the Monuments. /t/'G = Israelitische und Jiidische Geschiclite. </Si=Journal of Biblical Literature. y/)7'A = Jahrbiicher fiir deutsche Theologie. JQR=3ev:i»\\ Quarterly Review. ./.R^iS=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. /iJ£ = Jewish Religious Life after the Exile. KAT^Dis Keilinsehriften und das Alte Test. /r/B = Keilinscliriftliclie Bibliothek. LCB/ = Literarisches Centralblatt. LOT=\nlToA. to the Literature of the Old Test. NIIWB= Neuhebriiisches Worterbuch.
NTZG = Neutestamentliche Zeitgeschichto.
OA' = Otium Norviceuse.
OrJ6'=The Old Test, in the Jewish Church.
PB= Polychrome Bible.
PEF= Palestine E.\ploration Fund.
PEFSt = Quarterly Statement of the same.