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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, 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 sparingly 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 through just giving the first two letters (e.g. Ex instead of Exod) or removing a vowel (e.g. Jdg for Judges):

 Gen = Genesis

 Exod = Exodus

 Lev = Leviticus

 Num = Numbers

 Deut = Deuteronomy

 Josh = Joshua

 Judg = Judges

 Ruth = Ruth

 Sam = Samuel

 Kgs = Kings

 Chr = Chronicles

 Ezra = Ezra

 Neh = Nehemiah

 Esth = Esther

 Job = Job

 Ps or Pss (for plural) = Psalms

 Prov = Proverbs

 Eccl (or Qoh) = Ecclesiastes (Hebrew Qohelet)

 Song (or Cant) = Song of Songs (Canticles)

 Isa = Isaiah

 Jer = Jeremiah

 Lam = Lamentations

 Ezek = Ezekiel

 Dan = Daniel

 Hos = Hosea

 Joel = Joel

 Amos = Amos

 Ob = Obadiah

 Jon = Jonah

 Mic = Micah

 Nah = Nahum

 Hab = Habakkuk

 Zeph = Zephaniah

 Hag = Haggai

 Zech = Zechariah