| ÄAT | Ägypten und Altes Testament |
| ABS | Archaeology and Biblical Studies |
| ACEBT | Amsterdamse cahiers voor exegese van de Bijbel en zijn tradities |
| AfO | Archiv für Orientforschung |
| AIL | Ancient Israel and Its Literature |
| AJSL | American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures |
| AKT | Ankara Kültepe Tabletleri, Ankara, Türuk Tarih Kurumu, 1990– vol. 6. M.T. Larsen, The Archive of the Šalim-Aššur Family, 2010–2014 vol. 8. K.R. Veenhof, The Archive of Elamma, son of Iddin-Suen and his Family, 2017 |
| AncBib | Anchor Bible |
| ANEM | Ancient Near East Monographs |
| ANESSup | Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement |
| ANYAS | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| AOAT | Altes Orient und Altes Testament |
| ArBib | M. McNamara (ed.), The Aramaic Bible, Collegeville MN 1987–2008 |
| ARET | Archivi Reali di Ebla. Testi |
| AS | Assyriological Studies |
| ATD | Das Alte Testament Deutsch |
| AThANT | Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments |
| BASOR | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |
| BBB | Bonner biblische Beiträge |
| BBR | Bulletin for Biblical Research |
| BC | Biblischer Commentar über das Alte Testament |
| BCE | Before the Common Era |
| BDB | F. Brown, S.R. Driver, C.A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic. Based on the Lexicon of Wilhelm Gesenius as Translated by Edward Robinson, Oxford 1906 |
| BHK3 | Biblia Hebraica, ed. R. Kittel, Stuttgart 1937, 196614 |
| BHQ | Biblia Hebraica Quinta, Stuttgart 2004– |
| BHS | Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Stuttgart 1977, 19975 |
| Bib | Biblica |
| BibOr | Biblica et Orientalia |
| BJER | La Bible de Jérusalem |
| BJS | Brown Judaic Studies |
| BKAT | Biblischer Kommentar zum alten Testament |
| BLGNP | D. Nauta, J. van den Berg (eds), Biografische lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme, dl. 1–4, Kampen 1978–1998 |
| BN | Biblische Notizen |
| BThSt | Biblisch-Theologische Studien |
| BZAR | Beiheft Zeitschrift für die altorientalische und biblische Rechtsgeschichte |
| BZAW | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| CAD | M.T. Roth (ed.), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago 1956–2010 |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CC | Covenant Code of Exodus |
| CDC | Cairo Damacus Covenant |
| CH | Laws of Hammurabi |
| CHANE | Culture and History of the Ancient Near East |
| CM | Cuneiform Monographs |
| COS | W.W. Hallo, K.L. Younger (eds), The Context of Scripture, Vol. 1–4, Leiden 1997–2016 |
| COT | Commentaar op het Oude Testament |
| CUSAS | Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology |
| DCH | D.J.A. Clines (ed.), Dictionary of Classical Hebrew, Vol. 1–9, Sheffield 1993–2016 |
| DDD2 | K. van der Toorn, B.E.J.H. Becking, P.W. van der Horst (eds), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (DDD), Leiden 19992 |
| DMOA | Documenta et monumenta Orientis antique |
| DO | direct object |
| DSD | Dead Sea Discoveries |
| DUL | G. del Olmo Lete, J. Sanmartín (W.G.E. Watson transl. and ed.), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition, vol. 1–2, Leiden 20153 |
| EHHL | G. Khan (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, vol. 1–4, Leiden 2013 |
| EL | G. Eisser, J. Lewy, Die altassyrischen Rechtsurkunden vom Kültepe (MVAeG, 33 and 35/3), Leipzig 1930–1935 (quoted by text number) |
| ELBÜ | Elberfelder Bibel überarbeitet (2006) |
| ELO | Elementa Linguarum Orientis |
| ESV | English Standard Version |
| EtB | Études bibliques |
| ETL | Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses |
| EÜ | Einheitsübersetzung |
| FAT | Forschungen zum Alten Testament |
| FO | Folia Orientalia |
| FOTL | Forms of Old Testament Literature |
| FRLANT | Forschungen zur Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments |
| Gesenius18 | W. Gesenius et al., Hebräisches und Aramäisches Wörterbuch über das Alte Testament, Berlin 1987–201218 |
| GK28 | W. Gesenius, E. Kautzsch, Hebräische Grammatik, Leipzig 190928 |
| GTA | Göttinger Theologische Arbeiten |
| HAL | L. Köhler et al. (eds), Hebräisches und Aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament, Leiden 1967–1996 |
| HALAT | L. Köhler et al. (eds), Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden 1994–2004 |
| HAT | Handbuch zum Alten Testament |
| HBS | Herders biblische Studien |
| HCOT | Historical Commentary to the Old Testament |
| HdO | Handbuch der Orientalistik |
| HEBAI | Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel |
| HK | Handkommentar zum Alten Testament |
| HSAT | Die Heilige Schrift des Alten Testamentes |
| HSAT(K) | E. Kautzsch, Die Heilige Schrift des Alten Testamentes, Tübingen 1922–19234 |
| HSM | Harvard Semitic Monographs |
| HSK | Handbücher zum Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft |
| HThKAT | Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament |
| HSV | Herziene Statenvertaling |
| Int. | Interpretation |
| ICC | International Historical Commentary |
| IEJ | Israel Exploration Journal |
| IO | indirect object |
| IOS | Israel Oriental Studies |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JEOL | Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch genootschap ‘Ex Oriente Lux’ |
| JHS | Journal of Hebrew Scriptures |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies |
| JNSL | Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages |
| JNTTS | Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement |
| JSOTS | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement |
| JSPS | Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement |
| JSSt | Journal of Semitic Studies |
| JThS | Journal of Theological Studies |
| JTISup | Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements |
| KAT | Kommentar zum Alten Testament |
| KEH | Kurzgefaßtes exegetisches Handbuch |
| KHC | Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testament |
| KJV | King James Version |
| KK | Kurzgefaßter Kommentar zu den heiligen Schriften Alten und Neuen Testamentes |
| KTU3 | M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, J. Sanmartín, Keilalphabetische Texte aus Ugarit. Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten = The Cuneiform alphabetic texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and other places, Münster 2013– |
| LAS | Leipziger Altorientalische Studien |
| LE | Laws of Eshunna |
| LH | Hittite Laws |
| LL | Laws of Lipit-Ištar |
| LSAWS | Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic |
| LS78 | La Sainte Bible (nouvelle version Segond révisée 1978) |
| LU | Laws of Urnamma |
| LUT84 | Luther Bibel (1984) |
| LXX | Septuagint |
| M.BUBER | M. Buber, F. Rosenzweig, Die Schrift und ihre Verdeutschung, Berlin 1936 |
| MAL | Middle Assyrian laws |
| NAB | New American Bible (Revised Edition 2011) |
| NABU | Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires |
| NASB | New American Standard Bible |
| NBG | Nieuwe Vertaling NBG (1951) |
| NBV | Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling |
| NCBC | New Century Bible Commentary |
| NEB | New English Bible |
| NEB.AT | Neue Echter-Bibel Kommentar zum Alten Testament |
| NEBT | Neuer Echter Bibel Themen |
| NedThT | Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift |
| NETS | A. Pietersma, B.G. Wright (eds), A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included under That Title, Oxford 2007 |
| NICOT | New International Commentary to the Old Testament |
| NIV | The New International Version (1984) |
| NIVAC | New International Version Application Commentary |
| NJB | New Jerusalem Bible |
| NKJV | The New King James Version |
| NLT | New Living Translation |
| MICAH | Mainz International Colloquium on Ancient Hebrew |
| MT | Masoretic Text |
| MVEOL | Mededelingen en Verhandelingen Ex Oriente Lux |
| OAN | Oracles against the nations |
| OBO | Orbus Biblicus et Orientalis |
| OLA | Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta |
| OTL | Old Testament Library |
| OTP | J.H. Charlesworth (ed.), The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1–2, New York 1983–1985 |
| OTS | Oudtestamentische Studiën |
| Pesh | Peshitta |
| POT | De prediking van het Oude Testament |
| QD | Quaestiones disputatae |
| RA | Revue d’Assyriologie |
| RB | Revue Biblique |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| SB | Stuttgarter Bibelstudien |
| SBB | Stuttgarter Biblische Beiträge |
| SBLMS | Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series |
| SBLWAW | Society of Biblical Literature Writings From the Ancient World |
| ScrHie | Scripta Hierosolymitana |
| SHBC | Smith and Helwys Bible Commentary |
| SL | Sumerian laws exercise tablet |
| SRT | Studies in Reformed Theology |
| SubBi | Subsidia Biblica |
| SSLL | Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics |
| SSN | Studia Semitica Neerlandica |
| STAC | Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity |
| STDJ | Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| SV | Statenvertaling |
| SVTP | Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha |
| TA | Tel Aviv |
| TC | Tablettes Cappadociennes |
| TgJon | Targum Jonathan |
| ThR | Theologische Rundschau |
| ThStKr | Theologische Studien und Kritiken |
| ThT | Theologisch Tijdschrift |
| ThWAT | G.J. Botterweck et al. (eds), Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Alten Testament, Bd. 1–10, Stuttgart 1973–2000 |
| TBN | Themes in Biblical Narrative |
| TeU | Tekst en Uitleg |
| TOB | Traduction Oecuménique de la Bible (nouvelle édition 2004) |
| TynBul | Tyndale Bulletin |
| UF | Ugarit Forschungen |
| UUÅ | Uppsala Universitets Årsskrift |
| Vg | Vulgate |
| VT | Vetus Testamentum |
| VTS | Vetus Testamentum Supplement |
| WBV | Willibrordvertaling (Revised Edition 1995) |
| WdO | Die Welt des Orients |
| WMANT | Wissenschaftliche Monographien zum Alten und Neuen Testament |
| WUNT | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| ZA | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäeologie |
| ZAH | Zeitschrift für Althebraistik |
| ZAW | Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| ZÜRB | Zürcher Bibel |