twot theological wordbook of the old testament

Twot theological wordbook of the old testament series#

Articles in these dictionaries are usually signed, but there are exceptions (e.g., EDNT). Citations of these dictionaries should be placed within footnotes, not embedded within the main text.Ģ. As with the post on lexica ( here), we begin with principles for referencing these works in a traditional (footnote not author-date) citation system, then offer examples of those principles for the most widely used dictionaries abbreviations for all the works relevant to the post appear at the end.ġ. The subject of this post is strictly lexically arranged reference works that provide prose discussions of specific words or groups of words (e.g., TDOT, TLOT, EDNT). Of course, biblical studies has a fair number of dictionaries that are not lexical in nature (e.g., ABD, NIDB) those will be discussed in a subsequent post. The term dictionary as used here signals that the work is arranged like a lexicon (by word) but offers additional types of information (e.g., the theological significance of a term) in a different format (prose discussion, not a list).

Twot theological wordbook of the old testament series#

This blog series uses the term lexicon to refer to a dictionary-type work that presents, generally in list form, a simple definition of the term, grammatical notes, and, perhaps, the sources from which the meaning of the term is derived. Titling this post is difficult, since there is no unambiguous term for a reference work that offers prose discussions of a word or group of related words.