Abbreviations for primary sources, journals, series, reference works, and collections generally follow the SBL Handbook of Style (2nd ed.). The following additions or variations should be noted.
1 Rabbinic Sources
1.1 Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud
| Avod. Zar. | Avodah Zarah |
| Avot | Avot |
| Arak. | Arakhin |
| B. Bat. | Bava Batra |
| B. Mets. | Bava Metsia |
| B. Qam. | Bava Qamma |
| Eruv. | Eruvin |
| Git. | Gittin |
| Hag. | Hagigah |
| Meil. | Meilah |
| Menah. | Menahot |
| Peah | Peah |
| Shab. | Shabbat |
| Sheq. | Sheqalim |
| Sotah | Sotah |
| Yevam. | Yevamot |
| Zavim | Zavim |
1.2 Other Rabbinic Writings
| Ag. Ber. | Aggadat Bereshit |
| Avot R. Nath. | Avot de Rabbi Nathan |
| Mekh. R. Ishm. | Mekhilta de Rabbi Ishmael |
| Mekh. R. Shim. Yoh. | Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai |
| Pesiq. Rav Kah. | Pesiqta de Rav Kahana |
| Pirk. Avot | Pirkei Avot |
| Sem. R. Hiya | Semahot d’Rabbi Hiya |
| Sifre Deut. | Sifre Deuteronomy |
| Sifre Num. | Sifre Numbers |
| S. Olam Rab. | Seder Olam Rabbah |
| Tanh. | Tanhuma |
2 Greek and Latin Sources
| Aesop, Vit. Aes. | Aesop, Vita Aesopi |
| Aphthonius, Prog. | Aphthonius, Progymnasmata |
| Babrius, Fab. | Babrius, Fabulae Aesopeae |
| Diogenes Laertius, Vitae | Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum |
| Plato, Resp. | Plato, Respublica |
| Proclus, Comm. Hes. | Proclus, In Hesiodi Opera et Dies |
| Theon, Prog. | Theon, Progymnasmata |
| Vitruvius, Arch. | Vitruvius, De Architectura |
3 Other Primary Sources
| Cyril of Jerusalem, Disc. Mary Theot. | Cyril of Jerusalem, Discourse on Mary Theotokos |
| Eusebius, Theoph. | Eusebius, Theophania |
| Maimonides, Hil. Tesh. | Maimonides, Hilkhot Teshuvah |
4 Journals, Series, Reference Works, and Collections
| AJEC | Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity |
| AJS | American Journal of Sociology |
| Antiquity | Antiquity / Journal of Archeology |
| ANTZ | Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Theologie und Zeitgeschichte |
| AS | Ancient Society |
| ASCS | Afrika-Studiecentrum Series |
| BCA | Blackwell Companions to Anthropology |
| Britannia | Britannia: A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies |
| BSPS | Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science |
| BThSt | Biblisch-Theologische Studien |
| BVB | Beiträge zum Verstehen der Bibel (Contributions to Understanding the Bible) |
| Cathedra | Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv |
| CC | Cognition and Culture |
| Chambry | Chambry, É. Aesopi Fabulae. 2 vols. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1925-1926. Repr. Chambry, É. Ésope fables: Texte établi et traduit. 2nd ed. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1927. |
| CS | Cognitive Semiotics |
| CRS | Classical Resources Series |
| CSLC | Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures |
| DI | Dine Israel: An Annual of Jewish Law |
| Diaspora | Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies |
| DVjs | Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte |
| ECCA | Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity |
| EJM | Études sur le judaïsme médiéval |
| EJSP | European Journal of Social Psychology |
| EWE | Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik |
| GenSoc | Gender and Society |
| Gibbs | Gibbs, Laura. Aesop’s Fables: A New Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Fabula | Fabula: Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung / Journal of Folktale Studies |
| FCBT | Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud |
| FJB | Frankfurter Judaistische Beiträge |
| FL | Folia Linguistica |
| HA | Hadashot Arkheologiyot |
| HDRPM | Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements |
| HSK | Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| HTS | HTS Theological Studies (Hervormde Teologiese Studies) |
| IBAL | Internationale Bibliothek für allgemeine Linguistik |
| ICSS | International Comparative Social Studies |
| IEJ | Israel Exploration Journal |
| ISFCJ | International Studies in Formative Christianity and Judaism |
| JAE | Journal of Arid Environments |
| JASR | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports |
| JBTh | Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie |
| JC | Judaism in Context |
| JEI | Jerusalem and Eretz Israel: A Journal for Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology |
| JLE | Journal of Landscape Ecology |
| JLSM | Janua Linguarum Series Minor |
| JOWG | Jahrbuch der Oswald-von-Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft |
| JSHJ | Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus |
| JSIJ | Jewish Studies Internet Journal |
| KTVU | Kleine Texte für Vorlesungen und Übungen |
| LA | Linguitische Arbeiten |
| LAA | Late Antique Archeology |
| LAHR | Late Antique History and Religion |
| Laographia | Laographia |
| MAA | Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry |
| Mahanayim | Mahanayim |
| Matrix | Matrix: The Bible in Mediterranean Context |
| MCM | Media and Cultural Memory |
| MHCS | Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences |
| MMS | Münstersche Mittelalter-Schriften |
| MnemSup | Mnemosyne Supplements |
| NC | Narrative Culture |
| NLH | New Literary History |
| NLR | New Left Review |
| NTT | Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (Dutch Theological Journal) |
| OM | Oxbow Monographs |
| PAAJR | Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research |
| P&C | Pragmatics & Cognition |
| Perry | Perry, Ben Edwin. Babrius and Phaedrus: Fables. LCL 436. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965 |
| QI | Quaestiones Infinitae |
| ReCo | Recherches en Communication |
| RSECW | Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World |
| SAM | Studies in Ancient Medicine |
| SASLJS | The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies |
| SBLSS | Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series |
| SC | Social Cognition |
| SCCB | Studies in Cultural Contexts of the Bible |
| SG | Sprache der Gegenwart |
| Sidra | Sidra: A Journal for the Study of Rabbinic Literature |
| SocComp | Sociology Compass |
| SPPC | Social and Personality Psychology Compass |
| SSR | Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation |
| StG | Studium Generale |
| STIS | Studies and Texts in Scepticism |
| TBW | The Biblical World |
| TLJS | Taubman Lectures in Jewish Studies |
| TSJTS | Texts and Studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America |
| UTB | Uni-Taschenbücher |
| VC | Vigiliae Christianae |
| VCSup | Vigiliae Christianae Supplements |
| WF | Wege der Forschung |
| WiBiLex | Das Wissenschaftliche Bibellexikon im Internet |
| Yeda’am | Yeda’am: Journal of the Israel Folklore Society |
| ZNT | Zeitschrift für Neues Testament |