Standard Reference Sources and Abbreviations
I will use a number of standard references, and will cite them in brackets [] by abbreviation. I list the references I expect to cite regularly in the list below. I will expand this list as I work. In cases of lexicons, dictionaries and commentaries, where the particular reference is quite obvious, I will just give the work. For example, the reference [BDAG] following discussion of a Greek word means that I used “A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third Edition” edited by Danker, under the appropriate article. Similarly [IDB] means the “Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible” again under the word being discussed. If there is doubt about what article I’m citing, I will include that. Commentaries will be cited the same way. For example, any volume in the Anchor Bible series will simply be [AB__] with the volume. In this case, it is that commentary relating to the text under discussion. For example, in Psalms 19, if I’m referencing the Anchor Bible commentary I would say use [AB Psalms I], first volume of the three volume Anchor Bible commentary on the Psalms. In addition, in the abbreviation list, I will give only the minimum information necessary to identify the work. Further bibliographic data will be available if there is a review on Energion.com. If there is, there will be a link to it in the abbreviation list. As I see that this list is being used I will improve the reference information.
Other references will be given in greater detail. On each reference in this list, I will include a link to purchase that item via Amazon.com. If you find these notes helpful, please consider making your purchases from Amazon after linking from this site. The referral fees help to keep the site running and make it possible for me to write these notes.
While I am fairly old fashioned and use many print books, I do now use the Logos Scholar’s Library as a foundation for my study. In some cases, works cited are in the editions used in that library. I enthusiastically recommend the Libronix system as a whole, and their Biblical languages material in particular.
Abbreviations for Standard References:
Links after each title go to a page on which I discuss the value of that title for my lectionary study if I have written such a page, or to the detail page from the Energion.com Book site if I have not yet done so. While I am busy revising this page (11/21/2008), there may still be links directly to Amazon.com.