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ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS
Aram Aramaic
BCE Before the Common Era; traditionally BC: before Christ
CE Common Era; traditionally Anno Domini: year since the Lord's birth
cf compare
chap chapter
DSS Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran
(1QIsaa) Isaiah scroll a in Cave 1 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(1QDeutb) Deuteronomy scroll b in Cave 1 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QDeutb) Deuteronomy scroll b in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QDeuth) Deuteronomy scroll h in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QDeutj) Deuteronomy scroll j in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QDeutq) Deuteronomy scroll q in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QPhyln) Phylactery scroll n in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QSama) Samuel scroll a in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QSamb) Samuel scroll b in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QSamc) Samuel scroll c in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(4QTest) Testimonia in Cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(8QMez) Mezuza scroll in Cave 8 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
(11QPsa) Psalms scroll a in Cave 11 of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Eth Ethiopic translation of 2 Esdras in the Ge'ez language
Gk Greek
Gk uncertain The meaning of the Greek text is uncertain.
Heb Hebrew
Heb uncertain The meaning of the Hebrew text is uncertain.
Josephus Ant. Works of Flavius Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews
Kethib Aramaic term meaning what is written (the written consonantal text)
Lat Latin
LXX Septuagint; Greek translation of Hebrew Bible by seventy translators
LXXA In Samuel, the Greek uncial Alexandrinus
LXXB In Samuel, the Greek uncial Vaticanus
LXXL In Samuel, Lucianic Greek manuscripts
LXXM In Samuel, the Greek uncial Coislinianus
LXXN In Samuel, the Greek uncials Basilianus and Vaticanus
LXX1 In Tobit, the Greek uncial Sinaiticus
LXX2 In Tobit, the Greek uncials Alexandrinus and Vaticanus
LXXa in Sirach the Greek uncials Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Vaticanus
LXXb In Sirach the Origenic and Lucianic Greek manuscripts
MT Masoretic Text; the Hebrew Bible
NT New Testament
OL Old Latin; manuscripts in Latin prior to the Vulgate
OT Old Testament
pl plural
Qere Aramaic term meaning what is read aloud (the vocalized text)
Sam Samaritan Hebrew text of the Old Testament
Selah Musical direction of uncertain meaning found in Psalms
Sym Greek version of the Old Testament translated by Symmachus
Syr Syriac, a translation known as the Peshitta in a dialect of the Aramaic language
Tg Targum; Aramaic translation of Hebrew Bible
Vulg Vulgate; standardized Latin version of the Bible
Measures
Capacity and linear measures
ammah length of a forearm, standardized at eighteen inches; traditionally
