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When books and articles cite biblical passages by chapter and verse, they usually follow this order: abbreviation for the biblical book, followed by the chapter number, a colon (:), followed by the verse. An example is Isa 44:28 (chapter 44, verse 28). If more than one verse is cited, dashes and commas can be used: Isa 44:20, 28 or Isa 44:10–13, 28. When scholars want to refer to the bulk of a passage without detailing specific verses left out, they will add an asterisk to indicate that some verses are not meant to be included in the reference, e.g. Genesis 28*. Occasionally, you will also see scholars refer to half-verses, e.g. 2:4a or 2:4b, following accent divisions found in their Hebrew Bibles. Such notations will be used in this book only to label citations that begin or end in a half-verse.

Here are some standard abbreviations for biblical books shared by Jewish and Christian Bibles (given in the order followed by most Christian Bibles). Sometimes these are further shortened by just giving the first two letters (e.g. Ex instead of Exod) or removing a vowel (e.g. Jdg for Judges):

Gen = Genesis	Esther = Esther	Hos = Hosea
Exod = Exodus	Job = Job	Joel = Joel
Lev = Leviticus	Ps or Pss = Psalms	Amos = Amos
Num = Numbers	Prov = Proverbs	Ob = Obadiah
Deut = Deuteronomy	Eccl = Ecclesiastes	Jon = Jonah
Josh = Joshua	Song = Song of Songs	Micah = Micah
Judg = Judges	(also known as Canticles,	Nah = Nahum
Ruth = Ruth	and Song of Solomon)	Hab = Habakkuk
Sam = Samuel	Isa = Isaiah	Zeph = Zephaniah
Kgs = Kings	Jer = Jeremiah	Hag = Haggai
Chr = Chronicles	Lam = Lamentations	Zech = Zechariah
Ezra = Ezra	Ezek = Ezekiel
Neh = Nehemiah	Dan = Daniel

Here are the abbreviations for books in the New Testament:

Matt = Matthew	Eph = Ephesians	Heb = Hebrews
Mark = Mark	Phil = Philippians	Jas = James
Luke = Luke	Col = Colossians	1–2 Pet = 1–2 Peter
John = John	1–2 Thess = 1–2	1–2–3 John = 1–2–3 John
Acts = Acts	Thessalonians	Jude = Jude
Rom = Romans	1–2 Tim = 1–2 Timothy	Rev = Revelation
1–2 Cor = 1–2 Corinthians	Titus = Titus
Gal = Galatians	Phlm = Philemon