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James Hastings • SECTION 2

Section 2

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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.

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