viiABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
USED IN THIS WORKabbr.abbreviated; abbreviation
abr.abridged; abridgment
ADanno Domini,in the year of the
(our) Lord
Afrik.Afrikaans
AHanno Hegirae,in the year of the
Hijrah
Akk.Akkadian
Ala.Alabama
Alb.Albanian
Am.Amos
AMante meridiem,before noon
amend.amended; amendment
annot.annotated; annotation
Ap.Apocalypse
Apn.Apocryphon
app.appendix
Arab.Arabic
EArakh.EArakhin
Aram.Aramaic
Ariz.Arizona
Ark.Arkansas
Arm.Armenian
art.article (pl., arts.)
ASAnglo-Saxon
Asm. Mos.Assumption of Moses
Assyr.Assyrian
A.S.S.R.Autonomous Soviet Socialist
Republic
Av.Avestan
EA.Z.EAvodah zarah
b.born
Bab.Babylonian
Ban.Bantu
1 Bar.1 Baruch
2 Bar.2 Baruch3 Bar.3 Baruch
4 Bar.4 Baruch
B.B.BavaDbatraD
BBCBritish Broadcasting
Corporation
BCbefore Christ
BCEbefore the common era
B.D.Bachelor of Divinity
Beits.Beitsah
Bekh.Bekhorot
Beng.Bengali
Ber.Berakhot
Berb.Berber
Bik.Bikkurim
bk.book (pl., bks.)
B.M.BavaDmetsiEaD
BPbefore the present
B.Q.BavaDqammaD
Bra ̄h.Bra ̄hman.a
Bret.Breton
B.T.Babylonian Talmud
Bulg.Bulgarian
Burm.Burmese
c.circa,about, approximately
Calif.California
Can.Canaanite
Catal.Catalan
CEof the common era
Celt.Celtic
cf.confer,compare
Chald.Chaldean
chap.chapter (pl., chaps.)
Chin.Chinese
C.H.M.Community of the Holy
Myrrhbearers
1 Chr.1 Chronicles2 Chr.2 Chronicles
Ch. Slav.Church Slavic
cmcentimeters
col.column (pl., cols.)
Col.Colossians
Colo.Colorado
comp.compiler (pl., comps.)
Conn.Connecticut
cont.continued
Copt.Coptic
1 Cor.1 Corinthians
2 Cor.2 Corinthians
corr.corrected
C.S.P.Congregatio Sancti Pauli,
Congregation of Saint Paul
(Paulists)
d.died
DDeuteronomic (source of the
Pentateuch)
Dan.Danish
D.B.Divinitatis Baccalaureus,
Bachelor of Divinity
D.C.District of Columbia
D.D.Divinitatis Doctor, Doctor of
Divinity
Del.Delaware
Dem.DemaDi
dim.diminutive
diss.dissertation
Dn.Daniel
D.Phil.Doctor of Philosophy
Dt.Deuteronomy
Du.Dutch
EElohist (source of the Pentateuch)
Eccl.Ecclesiastes
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