| Gen | Genesis |
| Exod | Exodus |
| Lev | Leviticus |
| Num | Numbers |
| Deut | Deuteronomy |
| Josh | Joshua |
| Judg | Judges |
| Ruth | Ruth |
| 1 Sam | 1 Samuel |
| 2 Sam | 2 Samuel |
| 1 Kgs | 1 Kings |
| 2 Kgs | 2 Kings |
| 1 Chr | 1 Chronicles |
| 2 Chr | 2 Chronicles |
| Ezra | Ezra |
| Neh | Nehemiah |
| Esth | Esther |
| Job | Job |
| Ps(s) | Psalms |
| Prov | Proverbs |
| Eccl | Ecclesiastes |
| Song | Song of Songs |
| Isa | Isaiah |
| Jer | Jeremiah |
| Lam | Lamentations |
| Ezek | Ezekiel |
| Dan | Daniel |
| Hos | Hosea |
| Joel | Joel |
| Amos | Amos |
| Obad | Obadiah |
| Jonah | Jonah |
| Mic | Micah |
| Nah | Nahum |
| Hab | Habakkuk |
| Zeph | Zephaniah |
| Hag | Haggai |
| Zech | Zechariah |
| Mal | Malachi |
| Bar | Baruch |
| Add Dan | Additions to Daniel |
| Pr Azar | Prayer of Azariah |
| Bel | Bel and the Dragon |
| Sg Three | Song of the Three Young Men |
| Sus | Susanna |
| 1-2 Esd | 1-2 Esdras |
| Add Esth | Additions to Esther |
| Ep Jer | Epistle of Jeremiah |
| Jdt | Judith |
| 1-4 Macc | 1-4 Maccabees |
| Pr Man | Prayer of Manasseh |
| Ps 151 | Psalm 151 |
| Sir | Sirach/ Ecclesiasticus |
| Tob | Tobit |
| Wis | Wisdom of Solomon |
| Matt | Matthew |
| Mark | Mark |
| Luke | Luke |
| John | John |
| Acts | Acts |
| Rom | Romans |
| 1 Cor | 1 Corinthians |
| 2 Cor | 2 Corinthians |
| Gal | Galatians |
| Eph | Ephesians |
| Phil | Philippians |
| Col | Colossians |
| 1 Thess | 1 Thessalonians |
| 2 Thess | 2 Thessalonians |
| 1 Tim | 1 Timothy |
| 2 Tim | 2 Timothy |
| Titus | Titus |
| Phlm | Philemon |
| Heb | Hebrews |
| Jas | James |
| 1 Pet | 1 Peter |
| 2 Pet | 2 Peter |
| 1 John | 1 John |
| 2 John | 2 John |
| 3 John | 3 John |
| Jude | Jude |
| Rev | Revelation |
| 1 En. | 1 Enoch, a Jewish pseudepigraphic work that includes what are thought to be Christian interpolations in chaps. 37-71 (also called Ethiopic Enoch) |
| 1 Kgdms | 1 Kingdoms, the book of the LXX which corresponds to 1 Samuel |
| 1QH | Thanksgiving Hymns, hymns composed for worship within the Qumran community |
| 1QS | Rule of the Community, one of the first Dead Sea Scrolls recovered. This scroll details rules for admission into the Qumran community. |
| 2 Bar. | 2 Baruch, a Jewish apocalyptic work written early in the second century |
| 2 En. | 2 Enoch, an Jewish pseudepigraphic work that expands upon Gen 5:21-32 |
| 4QMMT | Miqsat Maàaseh Torah from Qumran Cave 4, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| Ag. Ap. | Against Apion, a defense of the Jewish people written by Josephus, a Jewish historian who lived from a.d. 37/38 until the early years of the second century. |
| Ant. | Jewish Antiquities, a history of the Jewish people written by Josephus (see Ag. Ap. above) |
| b. | Indicates a tractate from the Babylonian Talmud, which contains the Mishnah and rabbinic interpretive expansions. Collected ca. a.d. 500-550. |
| CD | A copy of the Damascus Document, which is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, found in the Cairo genizah |
| Embassy | On the Embassy to Gaius, a philosophical work by Philo, a Jewish philosopher who lived from 20 b.c. to a.d. 50 |
| Praep. Ev. | Praeparatio evangelica (Preparation for the Gospel), a work by Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, who lived ca. a.d. 260-341 |
| Flaccus | Against Flaccus, a philosophical work by Philo (see Embassy above) |
| Heir | Who is the Heir?, a philosophical work by Philo (see Embassy above) |
| Herm. | Shepherd of Hermas, a Christian work written in Rome sometime during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d. |
| Ibn Ezra | Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra, a medieval Jewish scholar who wrote many works, including a commentary on the Hebrew Bible. Lived a.d. 1092/1093 to a.d.1167. |
| Ign. | Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, who died as a martyr in Rome early in the second century. Following will be the abbreviation for one of his seven letters. |
| J. W. | Jewish War, a history of the events surrounding the war between Rome and the Jews ca. a.d. 70 written by Josephus (see Ag. Ap. above) |
| Jub. | Jubilees, a Jewish pseudepigraphic work that expands upon the narratives in Genesis and Exodus |
| Letter of Aristeas | An ancient letter which purports to explain the origins of the LXX. Posited by most scholars to have been written ca. 170 b.c. |
| Life | The Life, an autobiography of Josephus (see Ag. Ap. above) |
| m. | Indicates a tractate from the Mishnah, a codification of Jewish rabbinic oral tradition collected ca. a.d. 200-220 |
| Pirqe Avot | A collection of the sayings from Jewish sages and rabbis |
| Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer | A collection of Jewish rabbinic tradition compiled ca. a.d. 750-850 |
| Posterity | On the Posterity of Cain, a philosophical work by Philo (see Embassy above) |
| Rabbah | Jewish rabbinic commentary on books of the Bible, e.g., Genesis Rabbah |
| Sib. Or. | Sibylline Oracles, a collection of poetic prophecies contained within the Jewish pseudepigrapha |
| Sifre Deut | Sifre on Deuteronomy, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the book of Deuteronomy compiled ca. a.d. 350-400 |
| Smr | Samaritan Pentateuch, the version of the first five books of the Old Testament accepted as canonical by the Samaritans |
| t. | Indicates a tractate from the Tosefta, a codification of Jewish rabbinic oral tradition collected ca. a.d. 220-230 |
| T. Gad | Testament of Gad, one of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, a group of works written between 109 and 106 b.c. and inspired by Jacob's testament in Gen 49 |
| T. Reu. | Testament of Reuben, one of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (see T. Gad above) |
| T. Sol. | Testament of Solomon, a story about Solomon building the Temple, written sometime during the 1st to 3rd centuries a.d. |
| Tg. | Indicates a Targum, an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible which often included interpretive comments |
| Tg. Onq. | Targum Onqelos, an Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch, regarded as the official targum of these books |
| Tg. Ps.-J. | Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, an Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch |
| y. | Indicates a tractate from the Jerusalem Talmud (which actually took shape in Galilee ca. a.d. 400-425), a work which contains the Mishnah and rabbinic interpretive expansions |