Abbreviations
General Abbreviations
| PEA | Pauline Epistles in Arabic |
| Alex | The Alexandrian cluster of readings or the older Greek readings, represented from the 28th revised edition of Nestle-Aland |
| Byz | The Byzantine cluster of readings, presented from the edition of Robinson and Pierpoint |
| BSA | Biblia Sacra Arabica |
| c. | Century |
| CPA | Christian Palestinian Aramaic |
GCAL |
Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur |
| Gr | Variant reading is common to both the Alexandrian and Byzantine Greek readings |
| Hark | The Harklean text in the edition of Aland and Juckel |
| L | A manuscript of the British Library, London (L8612 = MS London, BL, Or. 8612) |
| lit. | Literally |
| MS/MSS | Manuscript/manuscripts |
| NA28 | Novum Testamentum Graece: Nestle-Aland, 28th revised edition |
| NT | New Testament |
| OT | Old Testament |
| Pesh | The Peshitta text in the edition of Aland and Juckel |
| S | A manuscript of St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt (S151 = MS Sinai, Ar. 151) |
| Syr | Syriac |
| V | A manuscript of the Vatican Library (V13 = MS Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13) |
Symbols
| --- | Lacuna in the manuscript |
| [] | An addition not found in the original text |
| (-) or (?) | A word that is completely or partially unclear or uncertain in the manuscript |
| … | Part of the text has been omitted to save space |
| + | (In main text) indicates that two shelf marks were originally a single manuscript; (in Appendix B) some source texts have extra words in this reading |
| * | Missing phrase or sentence |
| Gr* | variant reading is extant in a group of Greek manuscripts that belong neither to the Alexandrian nor to the Byzantine clusters of readings |
Abbreviations in the Inventory of Manuscripts
| Acts | Acts of the Apostles |
| Cath | Catholic Epistles |
| Cit | OT citations in NT |
| Chrys | Sermon by Chrysostom |
| Co | Coptic |
| Comm | Commentary |
| Dion | The epistle of Dionysius to Timothy |
| Frag | Fragment of manuscript |
| Gos | Gospels |
| Intro | One or more of the introductions to the Pauline Epistles |
| Laod | The Epistle to the Laodiceans |
| Lec | Lectionary |
| Life | Life of Paul |
| M | Modern chapter division |
| No | No division into chapters |
| Paul | The Pauline Epistles |
| Readings | Table of readings |
Abbreviations of Libraries
| AFSt/H | Archiv der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle |
| BAV | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana |
| BEU | Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena |
| BML | Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence |
| BL | British Library, London |
| BNE | Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid |
| BNF | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris |
| BNM | Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice |
| Bodl | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford |
| BSB | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich |
| CCM | Chaldean Cathedral of Mardin |
| CCP | Coptic Catholic Patriarchate, Cairo |
| CM | Coptic Museum, Cairo |
| COP | Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo |
| CUL | Cambridge University Library |
| FCCOS | Franciscan Center for Christian Oriental Studies, Cairo |
| HAB | Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel |
| HMML | Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, Collegeville |
| IOM | Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, St. Petersburg |
| KGL | Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Royal Danish Library), Copenhagen |
| NDU | Notre Dame University in Louaize, Lebanon |
| NLR | National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg |
| ÖNB | Österreiche Nationalbibliothek, Vienna |
| PUL | Princeton University Library |
| SBB | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin |
| SOAS | The School of Oriental and African Studies, London |
| SUB | Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen |
| SUBH | Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg |
| UBG | Universiteitsbibliotheek Groningen |
| UBL | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig/Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden |
| UMD | University of Minnesota Duluth |
| OPenn, CAJS | Center of Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
Other abbreviations are indicated in the text when relevant, or are considered self-explanatory.