There are quite a few references to books and journals in the Study Bible. Most references can be found below.
Abbreviations of reference works and journals
| ADB | – | The Anchor Dictionary of the Bible (D.N. Freedman, ed.). |
| NEP | – | J.B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Pictures Relating to the Old Testament |
| ANET | – | J.B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament |
| AUSS | – | Andrews University Seminary Studies |
| B&S | – | Bible and Spade |
| BAR | – | Biblical Archaeology Review |
| Bauer | – | W. Bauer, Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. 6. Auflage. Berlin 1988 |
| BDR | – | F. Blass, A. Debrunner, F. Rehkopf, Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch. 17. Auflage. Göttingen, 1990. |
| PGI | – | Bible, History and Archaeology, journal on the archaeological and historical background of the Bible |
| Bib | – | Biblica |
| BN | – | Biblische Notizen |
| BRL | – | Biblisches Reallexikon (K. Galling, ed.). |
| BSac | – | Bibliotheca Sacra |
| Chrono | – | Chronology of the Ancient Near East |
| COS | – | The Context of Scripture (W.W. Hallo, ed.). |
| DDD | – | Dictionary of Deities and Demons (K. van der Toorn et al.) |
| Fund | – | Fundamentum |
| Gesenius | – | W. Gesenius, Hebräisches und aramäisches Handwörterbuch. 17. Auflage. Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg, 1962. |
| GK | – | E. Kautzsch, Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar |
| HAL | – | L. Koehler, W. Baumgartner, Hebräisches und Aramäisches Lexikon |
| IBD | – | The Illustrated Bible Dictionary (J.D. Douglas, ed.) |
| IEJ | – | Israel Exploration Journal |
| JACF | – | Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum |
| JAOS | – | Journal of the American Oriental Society |
| JBL | – | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JETh | – | Jahrbuch für evangelikale Theologie |
| JETS | – | Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society |
| JSOT | – | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament |
| NBD | – | The New Bible Dictionary (J.D. Douglas, ed.) |
| NIDNTT | – | Colin Brown (ed.), New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology. Grand Rapids, 1975-1978 (revised edition, 1992). 4 dln. |
| NIDOTTE | – | New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (W.A. VanGemeren, ed.). |
| NTT | – | Dutch Theological Journal |
| PEQ | – | Palestine Exploration Quarterly |
| SB | – | H.L. Strack, P. Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament aus Talmud und Midrasch. 6. Auflage. Munich, 1974. |
| SBNT | – | New Testament Study Bible (G. van den Brink et al., ed.) |
| SBOT | – | Old Testament Study Bible (M.J. Paul et al., ed.) |
| TB | – | Tyndale Bulletin |
| TDNT | – | G. Kittel, G. Friedrich (ed.), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. G.W. Bromiley, transl. Grand Rapids, 1964-1976. 10 dln. |
| TDOT | – | Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (G.J. Botterweck & H. Ringgren, eds.). |
| THAT | – | Theologisches Handwörterbuch zum Alten Testament (E. Jenni & C. Westermann, ed.). |
| TR | – | Theologia Reformata |
| TWAT | – | Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Alten Testament (G.J. Botterweck & H. Ringgren, ed.). |
| VT | – | Vetus Testamentum |
| WTJ | – | Westminster Theological Journal |
| ZAW | – | Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| ZPEB | – | The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (M.C. Tenney, ed. |
Text of the Old Testament
For the text of the Old Testament and Septuagint respectively, use was made of:
K. Elliger, W. Rudolph (ed.), Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 4. Auflage. Stuttgart, 1990.
A. Rahlfs (ed.), Septuagint. Id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes. Stuttgart, 1935, 1979.
New Testament Word Studies
For the word studies, we mainly used:
Abbott-Smith, G., A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. 3rd ed. (reprint Edinburgh, 1994).
Balz, H.R. / Schneider, G., Exegetisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament. Stuttgart, 1980-1983, 3 dln.
Cremer, H. / Kögel, J., Biblisch-theologisches Wörterbuch des neutestamentlichen Griechisch. 11. Auflage. Gotha, 1923.
Harting, D., Greek-Dutch Hand Dictionary on the New Testament. 2nd dr. Utrecht, 1888.
Liddel, H.G. / Scott, R. / Jones, S., A Greek-English Lexicon, With a Revised Supplement. 9th ed. Oxford, 1996.
Louw, J. / Nida, E.A., Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. Based on Semantic Domains. 2nd ed. New York, 1989.
Moulton, J.H. / Milligan, G., Vocabulary of the Greek Testament. 1930, reprint Peabody, 1997.
Muller Jzn., F, Greek Dictionary. 3rd dr. Groningen/The Hague/Batavia 1933.
Thayer, J.H., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament. 2nd. ed. Grand Rapids, 1889, reprint s.j.
Many commentaries and other reference works have also been used for the verse-by-verse explanations.