Abbreviations
| AB | Anchor Bible |
| ABG | Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte |
| Abr. | Philo, On the Life of Abraham |
| Aen. | Virgil, Aeneid |
| AGJU | Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums |
| Aen. | Virgil, Aeneid |
| AJP | American Journal of Philology |
| An. post. | Aristotle. Posterior Analytics. Topica. Translated by Hugh Tredennick, E. S. Forster. LCL 391. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1960 |
| Ant. | Josephus, Jewish Antiquities |
| ATANT | Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments |
| BBR | Bulletin for Biblical Research |
| BDAG | A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, by W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, 3rd ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000) |
| BDF | Blass, Friedrich, Albert Debrunner and Robert W. Funk. A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961 |
| BECNT | Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
| BETL | Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium |
| BEvTh | Beiträge zur Evangelischen Theologie |
| BFCT | Beiträge zur Förderung christlicher Theologie |
| Bib. hist. | Diodorus Siculus. Library of History, vol. 8: Books 16:66â17. Translated by C. Bradford Welles. LCL 422. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. |
| BINS | Biblical Interpretation Series |
| B.J. | Josephus, Bellum judaicum |
| BSac | Bibliotheca sacra |
| BZAW | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fuÌr die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| BZNW | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (und die Kunde der älteren Kirche) |
| CBET | Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology |
| CCSS | Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture |
| Chaer. | Chariton. Callirhoe. Translated by G. P. Goold. LCL 481. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995 |
| CILT | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory |
| CLA | Consciousness, Literature and the Arts |
| CLR | Cognitive Linguistics Research |
| CLS | Chicago Linguistic Society |
| Crit. Inq. | Critical Inquiry |
| CurBR | Currents in Biblical Research |
| DPL | Dictionary of Paul and His Letters |
| EGGNT | Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament |
| ECL | Early Christianity and Its Literature |
| ECNRS | Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
| EGGNT | Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament |
| EISS | Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics |
| EKK | Evangelisch Katholischer Kommentar |
| ESV | English Standard Version |
| Eth. eud. | Aristotle, Athenian Constitution. Eudemian Ethics. Virtues and Vices. Translated by H. Rackham. LCL 285. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1935 |
| Eth. nic. | Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics. Translated by Harris Rackham. LCL 73. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 |
| EvTh | Evangelische Theologie |
| FTL | Figurative Thought and Language |
| FoSub | Fontes et Subsidia ad Bibliam pertinentes |
| HCP | Human Cognitive Processing |
| HTA | Historisch Theologische Auslegung |
| Hum. Dev. | Human Development |
| HUTh | Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie |
| HvTSt | Hervormde teologiese studies |
| ICC | International Critical Commentary |
| Instit. Or. | Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria. Translated by Donald A. Russell. LCL 126. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001 |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JBTS | Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies |
| JETS | Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society |
| JSNT | Journal for the Study of the New Testament |
| JSNTSup | Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series |
| JSOT | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament |
| JSOTSup | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series |
| J.W. | Josephus, Jewish Wars |
| KEK | Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament |
| L&N | Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains. Edited by J. P. Louw and E. A. Nida. 2d ed. New York, 1989 |
| LBS | Linguistic Biblical Studies |
| LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
| LSJ | Greek-English Lexicon. Edited by H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, and H. S. Jones. 9th ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996 |
| MTS | Marburger theologische Studien |
| NASB | New American Standard Bible |
| NICNT | New International Commentary on the New Testament |
| NIGTC | New International Greek Testament Commentary |
| NIV | New International Version (2011) |
| NTL | New Testament Library |
| NTM | New Testament Monographs |
| NSBT | New Studies in Biblical Theology |
| NTL | New Testament Library |
| NTS | New Testament Studies |
| Od. | Homer, Odyssey |
| PNTC | Pillar New Testament Commentary |
| Poet. | Aristotle. Poetics. Translated by Stephen Halliwell, W. Hamilton Fyfe, D. A. Russell, and Doreen. Innes. LCL 199. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995 |
| RBL | Review of Biblical Literature |
| Rhet. | Aristotle. Rhetoric. Translated by John H. Freese. LCL 193. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982 |
| SBLDS | Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series |
| SBM | Stuttgarter biblische Monographien |
| SBS | Stuttgarter Bibelstudien |
| SBT | Studies in Biblical Theology |
| SJT | Scottish Journal of Theology |
| SLCS | Studies in Language Companion Series |
| SNT | Studien zum Neuen Testament |
| SNTSMS | Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series |
| SNTW | Studies of the New Testament and its World |
| Sobr. | Philo, De sobrietate |
| SP | Sacra Pagina |
| Stud. Relig. | Studies in Religion |
| Symp. | Plato. Lysis. Symposium. Phaedrus. Translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones, William Freddy. LCL 166. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2022 |
| TDNT | Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964â1976 |
| Tim. | Lucian. The Downward Journey or The Tyrant. Zeus Catechized. Zeus Rants. The Dream or The Cock. Prometheus. Icaromenippus or The Sky-man. Timon or The Misanthrope. Charon or The Inspectors. Philosophies for Sale. Translated by A. M. Harmon. LCL 54. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915 |
| WA | D. Martin Luthers Werke, krittische Gesamtausgabe. Weimar: Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, 1883â2009 |
| VT | Vetus Testamentum |
| VTSup | Vetus Testamentum Supplements |
| WBC | Word Bible Commentary |
| WUNT | Wissenschatfliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| ZECNT | Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament |
| ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| ZThK | Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche |