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From: bible@spss.com (Bible Study)
Subject: Abbreviation FAQ (Alphabetical)
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 02:54:16 GMT
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This FAQ containes a list of abbreviations and terms that you will see used
from time to time in this group.

This is the alphabetical listing.  A topical listing can be found in the
companion posting.

||.................denotes parallel texts
ABD................The Anchor Bible Dictionary
ASV................American Standard Version
AV.................Authorized Version (aka KJV)
Apocrypha..........Those books which are not included in any canon list.  Note 
                   that Protestants often include the Deuterocanon in the term 
                   'Aprocrypha'.  For purposes of this group, Apocrypha will 
                   mean books outside of the RCC & Orthodox canon.
BCE................Before the Common Era (used by scholars instead of BC)
BDB................Brown, Driver, Briggs _Hebrew and English Lexicon of the 
                   Old Testament
BGD................Bauer, Arndt Gingrich _Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
BHS................Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia - A scholarly, adjudged text 
                   reconstruction of the Hebrew/Aramaic OT.
BTW................By The Way
CE.................Common Era (used by scholars instead of AD)
Canon..............An official list of books in a Bible (there are several)
Canonical..........Included in a canon
cf.................confer (Latin) compare
DNTT...............Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 4 vols, Colin Brown ed.
DSS................Dead Sea Scrolls, mostly Hebrew texts found in caves in 
                   Qumran, kept by Essene Jewish sect
Darby..............Darby's Translation of the Bible 
Deuterocanon.......The additional books held to be canonical by the RCC.  See 
                   also 'Apocrypha'
ELCA...............Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
GNB................Good News Bible (aka TEV)
GThom..............Gospel of Thomas
ie.................id est (Latin) that is
IMHO...............In My Humble Opinion
JB.................Jerusalem Bible
JPS................Jewish Publication Society's TaNaKh - a translation of the 
                   OT (equivalent to the Protestant OT Canon)
JW.................Jehovah's Witness
KJV................King James Version (aka AV)
Kittel.............see TDNT, there is also an abridged 1 v version
Koine.............."Common" Greek (300bce-550ce) of Alexandria, used in NT
L&S................Liddell and Scott's Classical Greek lexicon
LB.................Living Bible
LCMS...............Lutheran Church, Misouri Synod
LCWS...............Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod
LDS................Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons)
LXX................Septuagint  (Greek translation of the OT)
M&M................Moulton and Milligan's Greek lexicon
MT.................Masoretic Text, the official Jewish Scriptures (OT)
NA26 Greek.........Nestle-Aland version 26 (same text as UBS4)
NAB................New American Bible (Catholic)
NASB...............New American Standard Bible
NEB................New English Bible
NIV................New International Version Bible
NJB................New Jerusalem Bible
NKJV...............New King James Version
NRSV...............New Revised Standard Verision
NT.................New Testament
NWT................New World Translation
Navarre............A Multi-Volume Catholic NT from the University of Navarre 
                   in Spain.
OT.................Old Testament
PCUSA..............Presbyterian Church, USA
Q..................Hypothetical Sayings-Source used by Matthew & Luke.  Q 
                   stands for 'Quelle' (==source).
RCC................Roman Catholic Church
REB................Revised English Bible (1989)
RSV................Revised Standard Version
Rahlfs.............Septuaginta, a scholarly redaction of the extant Greek LXX 
                   texts
SJ.................Society of Jesus (aka Jesuits)
SV.................Scholar's Version
Strong's numbers...Reference numbers in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Strong's...........Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible
TDNT...............Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, 10 vols + 
                   index, ed. by Gerhard Kittel and translated into English 
                   by Geoffery Bromiley
TEV................Today's English Version (aka GNB)
TR.................Textus Receptus, the 'received' Greek NT text used in KJV
TWBOT..............Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, 2 vols.
Tanakh.............The Jewish Bible (equivalent to the Protestant OT Canon)
Torah..............The first 5 books of the Bible (Gen, Ex, Lev, Nu, Deut)
UBS Greek..........A scholarly, adjudged text reconstruction of the Greek NT 
                   (Sometimes denoted with a version number.  Version 4 is 
                   current.)
UCC................United Church of Christ
UMC................United Methodist Church
Vg.................Vulgate, the official RCC Latin Bible
