If abbreviations do not appear below, please spell out the
word or words. Please also note that some abbreviations appear
in italics (i.e., underlined in the manuscript) others do not.
| A | |
| AASOR | The Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research |
| AASS | Acta Sanctorum (Paris, 1863-1925) |
| AB | Analecta Bollandiana |
| Abh | Abhandlungen (followed by name of Academy, abbreviated, and by class) |
| ACO | Acta conciliorum oecomenicorum, ed. E. Schwartz |
| ActaSS | Acta Sanctorum Bollandiana (1643- ) |
| ACW | Ancient Christian Writers |
| Aeg | Aegyptus |
| AER | American Ecclesiastical Review |
| AJ | Archaeological Journal |
| AJA | American Journal of Archaeology |
| AJAH | American Journal of Ancient History |
| AJN | American Journal of Numismatics |
| AJP | American Journal of Philology |
| AJSLL |
American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature |
| ALW | Archiv für Liturgiewissenschaft |
| ANF | A Select Library of Ante-Nicene Christian Fathers |
| AnOr | Analecta Orientalia |
| ANRW | Aufsteig und Niedergang der römischen Welt (followed by Roman numeral of series, and Arabic numeral[s] of volume number, date of publications in parentheses, and page numbers: e.g., ANRW II.33.6 [1992]: 4709-23). |
| AntAb | Antike und Abendland |
| AntC | L'antiquité classique |
| AOF | Archiv für Orientforschung |
| AOL | Archives de l'orient latin |
| AP | L'année philologique |
| APF | Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete |
| AR | Atene e Roma |
| ARW | Archiv für Religionswissenschaft |
| ATR | Anglican Theological Review |
| Aug | Augustinianum |
| AugSt | Augustinian Studies |
| B | |
| BA | Bibliothéque augustinienne |
| BA | The Biblical Archaeolgist |
| BAC | Bulletino de Archeologia cristiana |
| BALAC | Bulletin d'ancienne littérature et d'archéologie chrétienne |
| BAR | Biblical Archaeology Review |
| BASOR | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Researchi |
| BEFAR | Bibliothèque des écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome |
| BHG3 | Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca, 3rd ed. (Brussels 1957) |
| BHL | Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis, 2 vols. |
| BHO | Bibliotheca hagiographica orientalis (Brussels 1910) |
| BKV | Bibliothek der Kirchenväter |
| BLE | Bulletin de littérature ecclésiastique |
| BO | Bibliotheca orientalis |
| Bonn ed. | Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae (Bonn 1828-97) (with date of volume in parentheses) |
| BSA | The Annual of the British School at Athens |
| BSR | Papers of the British School at Rome |
| BullComm | Bullettino della commissione archeologica communale di Roma |
| Byz | Byzantion |
| ByzArch | Byzantinische Archiv |
| ByzF | Byzantinische Forschungen |
| ByzZ | Byzantinische Zeitschrift |
| BZ | Biblische Zeitschrift |
| C | |
| CIG | Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly |
| CCA | Corpus Christianorum, series apocrypha |
| CCG | Corpus Christianorum, series graeca |
| CCL | Corpus Christianorum, series latina |
| CF | Classical Folia |
| CFHB | Corpus Fontum Historiae Byzantinae |
| CH | Church History |
| CHR | Catholic Historical Review |
| CIA | Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum |
| CIC | Corpus Iuris Civilis, 3 vols. |
| | Subdivisions: |
| |
| CI | Codex Iustinianius |
| Dig | Digesta |
| Inst | Institutiones |
| Nov | Novellae |
|
| CIG | Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum |
| CIJ | Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicarum |
| CIL | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum |
| CIS | Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum |
| CJ | Classical Journal |
| CM | Classica et Mediaevalia |
| Comm. | Commentarius |
| CP | Classical Philology |
| CPG | Clavis Patrum Graecorum (Turnhout 1983- ). |
| CQ | Classical Quarterly |
| CR | Classical Review |
| CSCO | Corpus scriptorum christianorum orientalium (indicate volume and |
| CSEL | Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum |
| CTh | Codex Theodosianus (ed. Mommsen and Meyer) |
| CWS | Classics of Western Spirituality |
| D | |
| DAB | Dictionnaire d'archéologie biblique |
| DACL | Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie |
| DB | Dictionnaire de la bible |
| DCB | Dictionary of Christian Biography |
| DDC | Dictionnaire de droit canonique |
| DHGE | Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastique |
| DOP | Dumbarton Oaks Papers |
| DOS | Dumbarton Oaks Studies |
| DSAM | Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique, doctrine et historie (give volume number and year in parentheses) |
| E | |
| EB | Etudes byzantines |
| EEC | Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, rev., 2 vols. |
| EC | Enciclopedia cattolica |
| EI | Encyklopädie des Islams |
| EI2 | Encyklopädie des Islams, rev. |
| EL | Ephemerides liturgicae |
| EO | Echos d'orient |
| ep(p). | Epistle(s) |
| ER | Encyclopedia of Religion |
| ERE | Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics |
| ETL | Ephemerides theologicae lovaniensis |
| F | |
| FC | Fathers of the Church |
| FGH | Fragmenta historicum graecorum (Paris 1841-70) |
| G | |
| GCS | Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten [drei] Jahrhunderte |
| GOTR | Greek Orthodox Theological Review |
| GRBS | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Greg | Gregorianum |
| H | |
| Herm | Hermes |
| Hist | Historia |
| hom. | Homilia(e) |
| HR | History of Religions |
| HSCP | Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |
| HTR | Harvard Theological Review |
| I | |
| IEJ | Israel Exploration Journal |
| IG | Inscriptiones graecae |
| IGLSyr | Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie (Paris 1929-70) |
| IGRRP2 | Inscriptiones graecae ad res romanas pertinentes, 2nd ed. (1964) |
| ILCV | Inscriptiones latinae christianae veteres, 3 vols. (Berlin 1924-31) |
| ILS | Inscriptiones latinae selectae (Berlin 1892-1916) |
| J | |
| JAAR | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| JbAC | Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum |
| JbOB | Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JECS | Journal of Early Christian Studies |
| JEH | Journal of Ecclesiastical History |
| JFSR | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion |
| JHP | Journal of the History of Philosophy |
| JHS | Journal of Hellenic Studies |
| JJS | Journal of Jewish Studies |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies |
| JP | Journal of Philology |
| JPOS | Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society |
| JR | Journal of Religion |
| JRS | Journal of Roman Studies |
| JSNT | Journal for the Study of the New Testament |
| JTS (n.s.) | Journal of Theological Studies (new series) |
| L | |
| LCC | Library of Christian Classics |
| LCI | Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, 2 vols. (Rome 1968-70) |
| LCL | Loeb Classical Library |
| LF | Library of the Fathers |
| LTK | Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche |
| LXX | Septuagint, The Seventy |
| M | |
| Mansi | J. D. Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio |
| MGH | Monumenta Germaniae Historica |
| | Subdivisions (followed by place and date of publication in parentheses): |
| |
| 1. | AA | Auctores Antiquissimi |
| 2. | Briefe | Die Briefe der deutschen Kaiserzeit |
| 3. | Capit | Capitularia regum Francorum |
| 4. | Conc | Concilia |
| 5. | Const | Constitutiones et acta publica imperatorum et |
| 6. | Ep., Epp. | Epistola, Epistolae |
| 7. | GestPontRom | Gesta pontificum Romanorum |
|
| MSR | Mélanges de sciences religieuses |
| Mus | Le Muséon |
| N | |
| NCE | New Catholic Encyclopedia |
| NHL | Nag Hammadi Library |
| NHS | Nag Hammadi (and Manichaean) Studies |
| NPNF | A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (2nd series unless otherwise indicated) |
| NRSV | New Revised Standard Version |
| NRT | Nouvelle revue théologique |
| NT | Novum Testamentum |
| NTS | New Testament Studies |
| O | |
| OC | Orientalia Christiana |
| OCA | Orientalia Christiana Analecta |
| OCD | Oxford Classical Dictionary |
| OCP | Orientalia Christiana Periodica |
| ODB | Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium |
| ODCC | Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church |
| OECT | Oxford Early Christian Texts |
| OGIS | Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae, 2 vols. |
| OKS | Ostkirchliche Studien |
| or. | Oratio |
| OrChr | Oriens Christianus |
| OrSyr | L'Orient syrien |
| P | |
| PAPS | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society |
| PEQ | Palestine Exploration Quarterly |
| PG | Patrologia Graeca |
| PL | Patrologia Latina |
| PLRE | Jones et al., eds., The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, 2 vols. |
| PLS | Patrologia Latina Supplementum |
| PMS | Patristic Monograph Series |
| PO | Patrologia Orientalis |
| PS | Patrologia Syriaca |
| R | |
| RA | Revue archéologique |
| RAC | Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum |
| RAM | Revue d'ascétique et de mystique |
| RB | Revue biblique |
| RBen | Revue bénedictine |
| RE | Realencyklopädie der classichsen Altertumswissenschaft |
| REA | Revue des études anciennes |
| REAug | Revue des études augustiniennes |
| REB | Revue des études byzantines |
| RecAug | Recherches augustiniennes |
| REL | Revue des études latines |
| RevSR | Revue de sciences religieuses |
| RSR | Religious Studies Review |
| RHE | Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique |
| ROC | Revue de l'orient chrétien |
| RQ | Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte |
| RQH | Revue de questiones historiques |
| RSPT | Revue de sciences philosophiques et théologiques |
| RSV | Revised Standard Version |
| RTP | Revue de théologie et de philosophie |
| S | |
| SB | Sitzungberichte (followed by name of Academy, abbreviated) |
| SBL | Society of Biblical Literature |
| SC | Sources chrétiennes |
| SCe | Second Century |
| serm. | Sermon |
| SH | Subsidia hagiographica |
| SP | Studia Patristica |
| ST | Studi e Testi |
| SVF | Stoicorum veterum fragmenta (Teubner, 1903-24) |
| SW | Studies in Woman and Religion |
| SynCP | Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Propylaeum ad Acta sanctorum Novembris, ed. H. Delehaye (Brussels, 1902) |
| T | |
| TAPA | Transactions of the American Philological Association |
| TAPS | Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |
| TLG | Thesaurus Linguae Graecae |
| TLL | Thesaurus Linguae Latinae |
| TLZ | Theologische Literaturezeitung |
| TQ | Theologische Quartalschrift |
| TP | Theologie und Philosophie |
| TS | Theological Studies |
| TSK | Theologische Studien und Kritiken |
| TSt | Texts and Studies |
| TU | Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur |
| V | |
| VC | Vigiliae Christianae |
| VetC | Vetera Christianorum |
| Z | |
| ZAW | Zeitschrift für die alttestamentlich Wissenschaft |
| ZCK | Zeitschrit für christliche Kunst |
| ZKG | Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte |
| ZNW | Zeitschrift für die neutestamentlische Wissenschaft und die Kunde
der älteren Kirche |
| ZDPV | Zeitschrift des deutschen Palästina-Vereins |
| ZTK | Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche |
| ZWT | Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Theologie |
