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From: bible@spss.com (Bible Study)
Subject: Abbreviation FAQ (topical)
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 02:54:11 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.

There are several sections to this, as follows:

  1. Bible Versions
  2. Scholarly References
  3. General Terms
  4. Religious Groups
  5. Other Texts/Terms

A stricltly alphabetical listing can be found in a companion posting.

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1. Bible Versions:

ASV................American Standard Version
AV.................Authorized Version (aka KJV)
Darby..............Darby's Translation of the Bible 
GNB................Good News Bible (aka TEV)
JB.................Jerusalem Bible
JPS................Jewish Publication Society's TaNaKh - a translation of
                   the OT (equivalent to the Protestant OT Canon)
KJV................King James Version (aka AV)
LB.................Living Bible
NAB................New American Bible (Catholic)
NASB...............New American Standard Bible
Navarre............A Multi-Volume Catholic NT from the University of Navarre 
                   in Spain.
NEB................New English Bible
NIV................New International Version Bible
NJB................New Jerusalem Bible
NKJV...............New King James Version
NRSV...............New Revised Standard Verision
NWT................New World Translation
REB................Revised English Bible (1989)
RSV................Revised Standard Version
SV.................Scholar's Version
TEV................Today's English Version (aka GNB)
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2. Scholarly References:
ABD................The Anchor Bible Dictionary
BDB................Brown, Driver, Briggs _Hebrew and English Lexicon of the 
                   Old Testament
BGD................Bauer, Arndt Gingrich _Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
DNTT...............Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 4 vols, Colin Brown ed.
Kittel.............see TDNT, there is also an abridged 1 v version
L&S................Liddell and Scott's Classical Greek lexicon
M&M................Moulton and Milligan's Greek lexicon
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
TWBOT..............Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, 2 vols.
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3. General Terms:

||.................denotes parallel texts
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)
BTW................By The Way
Canon..............An official list of books in a Bible (there are several)
Canonical..........Included in a canon
CE.................Common Era (used by scholars instead of AD)
cf.................confer (Latin) compare
Deuterocanon.......The additional books held to be canonical by the RCC.
                   See also 'Apocrypha'
ie.................id est (Latin) that is
IMHO...............In My Humble Opinion
Koine.............."Common" Greek (300bce-550ce) of Alexandria, used in NT
NT.................New Testament
OT.................Old Testament
Strong's numbers...Reference numbers in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Tanakh.............The Jewish Bible (equivalent to the Protestant OT Canon)
Torah..............The first 5 books of the Bible (Gen, Ex, Lev, Nu, Deut)
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4. Religious Groups:

ELCA...............Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
JW.................Jehovah's Witness
LCMS...............Lutheran Church, Misouri Synod
LCWS...............Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod
LDS................Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons)
PCUSA..............Presbyterian Church, USA
RCC................Roman Catholic Church
SJ.................Society of Jesus (aka Jesuits)
UCC................United Church of Christ
UMC................United Methodist Church
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5. Other Texts:

BHS................Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia - A scholarly, adjudged
                   text reconstruction of the Hebrew/Aramaic OT.
DSS................Dead Sea Scrolls, mostly Hebrew texts found in caves in 
                   Qumran, kept by Essene Jewish sect
GThom..............Gospel of Thomas
LXX................Septuagint  (Greek translation of the OT)
MT.................Masoretic Text, the official Jewish Scriptures (OT)
NA26 Greek.........Nestle-Aland version 26 (same text as UBS4)
Q..................Hypothetical Sayings-Source used by Matthew & Luke.  Q
                   stands for 'Quelle' (==source).
Rahlfs.............Septuaginta, a scholarly redaction of the extant
                   Greek LXX texts
TR.................Textus Receptus, the 'received' Greek NT text used in KJV
UBS Greek..........A scholarly, adjudged text reconstruction of the Greek NT
                   (Sometimes denoted with a version number.  Version 4 is
                   current.)
Vg.................Vulgate, the official RCC Latin Bible
