Common References and Abbreviations

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

AB

David Noel Freedman (Editor-in-Chief), The Anchor Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 1992, 6 volumes). Series ISBN 038542583X

Archaeololgical
Encyclopedia

Avraham Negev (ed.), Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, (Thomas Nelson, 1986).

BDB

Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907). ISBN: 1565632060

DOTP

T. Desmond Alexander and David W. Baker, Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (InterVarsity Press, 2003). ISBN 0830817816. 

Hamilton

Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 1-17 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1990; ISBN 0802823084) and Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18-50 (New International Commentary on the Old Testament; Eerdmans, 1995; ISBN 0802823092)

ISBE

Geoffrey W. Bromiley (general editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Eerdmans, 1979-1988; fully revised from the 1915 edition). ISBN: 0802837859.

Keil and Delitzsch Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (Eerdmans, reprinted 1976). Vol 1 (Penteteuch) was written by Carl Friedrich Keil (Johann Friedrich Karl Keil, 1807-1888), published in German in 1861 and translated by James Martin from German. Current ISBN 0913573884

Kidner

Derek Kidner, Genesis (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; InterVarsity Press, 1968). ISBN: 0877842515.

NIDBA

Edward M. Blaiklock and R.K. Harrison (editors), New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology (Zondervan, 1983).

Speiser

Ephraim A. Speiser, Genesis (Anchor Bible Commentary, Vol 1; Doubleday, 1964). ISBN 0385008546.

TDOT G. Johannes Botterweck and Helmer Ringgren (eds.), John T. Willis (trans.), Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (Eerdmans, 1975-).

TWOT

R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980. ISBN: 0802486312

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