Abbreviations
All primary source abbreviations throughout this study follow the standards provided in The SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd edition.
| AB | Anchor Bible |
| Am. Ethnol. | American Ethnologist |
| An Bib | Analecta Biblica |
| ACNT | Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament |
| ANTC | Abingdon New Testament Commentaries |
| BDAG | Danker-Bauer-Arndt-Gingrich |
| Behav. Brain Sci. | Behavioral Brain Sciences |
| BETL | Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium |
| BibInt. | Biblical Interpretation |
| BibInt | Biblical Interpretation Series |
| BZ | Biblische Zeitschrift |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CSCO | Corpus Scriptorium Christianorum Orientalium. Edited by Jean Baptiste Chabot et al. Paris, 1903. |
| DSD | Dead Sea Discoveries |
| DSS | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| FD | Farewell Discourse |
| HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
| Int | Interpretation |
| Int. Soc. Sci. J. | International Social Science Journal |
| J. Anc. Jud. | Journal of Ancient Judaism |
| J. Theol. Interpret. | Journal of Theological Interpretation |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JSNTSup | Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series |
| JSOT Press | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Press |
| JTS | The Journal of Theological Studies |
| JTSA | Journal of Theology for Southern Africa |
| LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
| LNTS | Library of New Testament Studies |
| NAS | New American Standard |
| NCB | New Century Bible |
| NICNT | New International Commentary on the New Testament |
| NIV | New International Version |
| NLT | New Living Translation |
| NovT | Novum Testamentum |
| NovTSup | Supplements to the Novum Testamentum |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| NTS | New Testament Studies |
| SA | Sensory Anthropology |
| SBLDS | Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series |
| SFS | Sensory Formation Series |
| SPCK | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |
| SSEJC | Studies in Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity |
| STDJ | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| Top. Cogn. Sci. | Topics in Cognitive Science |
| TDR | The Drama Review |
| VT | Vetus Testamentum |
| WBC | Word Biblical Commentary |
| ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirch |