Abbreviations

ANET Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. 3rd ed. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969.

art. article

AT author’s translation

b. born

BCE before the Common Era (= before Christ)

ca. circa, approximately

CE Common Era (= AD)

CEB Common English Bible, 2011

cf. confer, compare

ch./chs. chapter/chapters

d. died

DtrH Deuteronomistic History: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings

ed. edition/editor

e.g. exempli gratia, for example

emph. emphasis

Eng. versification in most English translations

esp. especially

et al. et alia, and others

etc. et cetera, and the rest

HALOT Koehler, L., W. Baumgartner, and J. J. Stamm. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Translated and edited under the supervision of M. E. J. Richardson. 5 vols. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994-2000.

Heb. Hebrew

i.e. id est, that is

KJV King James Version of the Bible

lit. literally

LXX Septuagint, ancient Greek translation of the OT

ME The Mennonite Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Edited by Cornelius J. Dyck and Dennis D. Martin. Scottdale, PA; Waterloo, ON: Herald Press, 1990.

m. masculine

MBCF 1999 Confession of Faith: Commentary and Pastoral Application. Winnipeg, MB: (Mennonite Brethren) Board of Faith and Life, and Kindred Productions, 2000. http://www.mbconf.ca/home/products_and_services/resources/theology/confession_of_faith/detailed_version/.

MCF 1995 Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1995, http://www.mcusa-archives.org/library/resolutions/1995/index.html.

MT versification/readings in the Masoretic Text, the standard Hebrew version of the OT, preserved by Masoretes, a group of early medieval Jewish scribes

n note, as in 168n13 (page 168, note 13)

NASB New American Standard Bible, 1995

NIV New International Version of the Bible, 2011

NIV 1984 New International Version of the Bible, 1984

NJPS New Jewish Publication Society version of the Bible, 1999

NLT New Living Translation of the Bible

NRSV New Revised Standard Version of the Bible

NT New Testament

OT Old Testament

pl. plural

1QM Milḥamah, or War Scroll

1QSa Rule of the Congregation (1QS, Appendix a)

rev. revised

RSV Revised Standard Version of the Bible

sg. singular

TBC Text in Biblical Context, in the commentary

TLC Text in the Life of the Church, in the commentary

TNIV Today’s New International Version of the Bible

v./vv. verse/verses

WT Worship Together [hymnal]. Edited by Clarence Hiebert et al. Fresno, CA: Board of Faith and Life of the Mennonite Brethren Churches, 1995.

Pronunciation Guide for Certain Transliterated Hebrew Consonants

’ (not pronounced)

‘ (not pronounced)

ḥ ch (Scottish loch)

ṣ ts

ś s

š sh

ṭ t