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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#CC9900" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="043005a0dwnjzk.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDWARD WATSONS WEBWORLD"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> | </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>EDWARD WATS</B><B>ON'S WEBWORLD</B></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>[MORMONISM. The Faith of the Twenty-first Century. Volume 1. Edward K. Watson. (Liahona Publications. Copyright © 1998 Edward K. Watson.) pp. xxv-xlvi. MORMONISM: Abbreviations. All rights reserved.]</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ABBREVIATIONS</B></div> <bR> <div> NOTE: These are only in reference to MORMONISM: Volume 1, (i.e., Section 1: Heavenly Father; Section 2: Jesus Christ and Section 3: Holy Ghost). </div> <bR> <div> <B>Books of the Old Testament:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="6" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="672" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div>  Gen.....Genesis</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  1 Sam.....1st                            Samuel</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Est.......Esther</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Lam.....Lamenta-                tions</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Mic....Micah</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div>  Ex........Exodus</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  2 Sam.... 2nd                          Samuel</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Job.......Job</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Ezek......Ezekiel</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Nah....Nahum</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  Lev......Leviticus</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  1 Kng...1st Kings</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Ps........Psalms</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Dan.......Daniel</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Hab....Habakkuk</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  Num....Numbers</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  2 Kng...2nd Kings</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Prov....Proverbs</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Hos.......Hosea</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Zep.....Zephaniah</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="118"><div>  Deut....Deutero-                  nomy</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  1 Chr.....1st                         Chronicles</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Eccl..Ecclesiastes</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Joel.......Joel</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Hag.....Haggai</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div>  Josh.....Joshua</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  2 Chr.....2nd                        Chronicles</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Song...Song of                Solomon</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Amos....Amos</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Zech....Zechariah</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  Judg......Judges</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><div>  Ezra.....Ezra</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Isa......Isaiah     </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Obad.....Obadiah</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Mal.....Malachi</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  Ruth......Ruth</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Neh....Nehemiah</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Jer......Jeremiah</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Jon........Jonah</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="118"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="118" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Books of the New Testament:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="670" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> Matt...Matthew</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 1 Cor....1st                Corinthians</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 1 Th........1st         Thessalonians</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Heb....Hebrews</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 3 Jn......3rd John</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="120"><div> Mark......Mark</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 2 Cor....2nd               Corinthians</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 2 Th........2nd         Thessalonians </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Jas......James</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> Jude.....Jude</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> Luke.......Luke</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Gal.....Galatians</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 1 Tim.....1st                   Timothy</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 1 Pet...1s Peter</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> Rev......Revela-              tions</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> John.......John</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> Eph.....Ephesi-             ans</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> 2 Tim.....2nd                  Timothy </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 2 Pet...2nd Peter</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="120" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="120"><div> Acts.......Acts</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Phil..Philippians</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><div> Tit........Titus</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 1 Jn.....1st John</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="120" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> Rom....Romans</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Col...Colossians</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Plm...Philemon</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> 2 Jn.....2nd John</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="120"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="120" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Books of the Book of Mormon:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="577" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  1 Ne....1st Nephi</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><div>  Jar........Jarom</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><div>  Alma.....Alma</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Morm....Mormon</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div>  2 Ne....2nd Nephi</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><div>  Omni....Omni</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Hela......Helaman</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><div>  Eth........Ether</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="134"><div>  Jac.......Jacob</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><div>  WoM....Words of                     Mormon</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  3 Ne......3rd Nephi</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Moro.....Moroni</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="134"><div>  Enos.....Enos</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  Mosi.....Mosiah</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  4 Ne......4th Nephi</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="134"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="21" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="134" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Books of the Doctrine and Covenants:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="464" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> D&C.....The Doctrine</div> <div>            and Covenants</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><div> OD-1....Official Declaration -1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><div> OD-2....Official Declaration -2</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Books of the Pearl of Great Price:</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="554" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="174"><div>  Mos.......Moses</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="174"><div>  JS-M......Joseph Smith-                            Matthew</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>   A of F......Articles of Faith</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="174"><div>  Abr........Abraham</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="174"><div>  JS-H......Joseph Smith History</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="174"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="174" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>LEXICONS, DICTIONARIES AND COMMENTARIES:</B></div> <bR> <div> ABD          <I>The Anchor Bible Dictionary</I>. (6 Volumes). Editor-in-Chief: David Noel Freedman. (Doubleday, New York). Copyright © 1992 by Doubleday.</div> <div> ABDBHL     <I>The Abridged (Strong’s) BDB Hebrew Lexicon</I>. Francis Brown, S. R. Driver & Charles A. Briggs. 1906. Abridged ASCII version Copyright © 1988-1997 by the Online Bible Foundation and Woodside Fellowship of Ontario, Canada. From Bible Works 3.5. (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> ADB          <I>A Dictionary of the Bible</I>. John D. Davis. (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 1956). Copyright 1898, 1903, 1911, 1924 by the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work.</div> <div> AGL          <I>The Analytical Greek Lexicon</I>. With a Grammatical Analysis of Each Word and Lexicographical Illustration of the Meanings. (Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York).</div> <div> ATGL          <I>The Abridged Thayer’s Greek Lexicon</I>. Joseph Henry Thayer. Revised ASCII version Copyright © 1988-1997 by the Online Bible Foundation and Woodside Fellowship of Ontario, Canada. From Bible Works 3.5. (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> ATR          <I>A T Robertson’s Word Pictures in the Greek New Testament</I>. 1934. Published by the Broadman Press, Southern Baptist Sunday School Board. From Bible Works 3.5. (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> BAGD     <I>     A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament</I>. And Other Early Christian Literature. Walter Bauer. A translation and adaptation of the fourth revised and augmented edition by William F. Arndt and F. Wilbur Gingrich. Second Edition. Revised and augmented by F. Wilbur Gingrich and Frederick W. Danker from Walter Bauer’s fifth edition, 1958. (The University of Chicago Press, Chicago). © 1957,1979 by the University of Chicago. Published 1979.</div> <div> BDBGHEL     <I>The New Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon</I>. By Francis Brown with the cooperation of S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1979 by Jay P. Green, Sr.</div> <div> CBC          <I>The Collegeville Bible Commentary</I>. General Editors: Dianne Bergant & Robert J. Karris. (The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota). Copyright © 1989 by The Order of St. Benedict, Inc., Collegeville Minnesota.</div> <div> CE          <I>Ellicott’s Bible Commentary.</I> In One Volume. Charles J. Ellicott. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1971 by Zondervan Publishing House.</div> <div> CGEDNT     <I>A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament</I>. Barclay M. Newman Jr. Copyright © 1971 by the United Bible Societies (UBS) and 1993 by Deutsche Bibelgesellachaft (German Bible Society). From Bible Works 3.5. (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> CI          <I>Irwin’s Bible Commentary.</I> C. H. Irwin. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright renewed © 1956 by Zondervan Publishing House). </div> <div> DB          <I>Dictionary of the Bible</I>. John L. MacKenzie. S.J.<I> </I>(Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York). Copyright © 1965 by MacMillan Publishing Company.</div> <div> DJG          <I>Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels</I> A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Editors: Joel B. Green, Scot McKnight, I. Howard Marshall. (InterVarsity Press. Downers Grove, Illinois. 60515. © 1992 by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.</div> <div> DPL          <I>Dictionary of Paul and his Letters</I>. A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. Editors: Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin, Daniel G. Reid. (InterVarsity Press. Downers Grove, Illinois. 60515. © 1993 by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the USA.</div> <div> EBC          <I>The Expositor’s Bible Commentary</I>. (12 Volumes) With the NIV. Gen. Ed. Frank E. Gæbelein. The Zondervan NIV Bible Library. 2.5.1. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1989-1997 The Zondervan Corporation.</div> <div> EBD          <I>Easton Bible Dictionary</I>. 1897. ASCII edition Copyright © 1988 by Ellis Enterprises, Inc.  From Bible Works 3.5.  (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> EDBW<I>          Expository Dictionary of Bible Words.</I> Lawrence O. Richards. (Regency Reference Library. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1985 by The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan.</div> <div> EDNT          <I>Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament</I>. (3 volumes). Edited by: Horst Balz & Gerhard Schneider. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan). English Translation Copyright © 1990-1993 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company). </div> <div> EHB          <I>Eerdmans’ Handbook to the Bible. </I>Ed. David Alexander and Pat Alexander. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1973 Lion Publishing.</div> <div> FALGNT     <I>Friberg’s Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament</I>. Version 2 Copyright © 1994 Timothy and Barbara Friberg. From Bible Works 3.5.  (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana). Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> GECNT     <I>The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament. </I>With the New International Version. John R. Kohlenberger III, Edward W. Goodrick & James A. Swanson. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1997 by John R. Kohlenberger III, Edward W. Goodrick & James A. Swanson.</div> <div> GELNT-SD     <I>Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament</I>. Based on Semantic Domains. Editors: Johannes P. Louw & Eugene A. Nida. (United Bible Societies, New York). © 1988,1989 by the United Bible Societies. Second Edition. </div> <div> HCBD     <I>     The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary</I>. Gen. Ed. J. Achtemeier. (Harper, San Francisco). Copyright © 1985,1996 by The Society of Biblical Literature.</div> <div> HCNT          <I>Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament</I>. Edited by M. Eugene Boring, Klaus Berger & Carsten Colpe. (Abingdon Press, Nashville). Copyright © 1995 by Abingdon Press. </div> <div> HGR          <I>Dictionary of the Bible.</I> Ed. James Hastings. Rev. Edition by Frederick C. Grant and H. H. Rowley. (Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York). Copyright © 1963 T&T Clark and Charles Scribner’s Sons.</div> <div> IBC          <I>The International Bible Commentary</I>. With the New International Version. Gen. Ed. F. F. Bruce. Revised Edition. (Guideposts. Carmel, New York). Copyright © Marshall Morgan and Scott Publications Ltd. 1986.</div> <div> IBD          <I>The Illustrated Bible Dictionary</I>. In three parts. (Inter-Varsity Press. Tyndale House Publishers. Hodder and Stoughton. Sydney and Auckland). © The Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, 1980.</div> <div> ICB          <I>The Interpreter’s One-Volume Commentary on the Bible</I>. Including the Apocrypha, with General Articles. Ed. Charles M. Layman. (Abingdon Press, Nashville.) Copyright © 1971 by Abingdon Press. 14th Printing, 1992.</div> <div> ISBE          <I>The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</I>. Gen. Ed. James Orr. From PC Study Bible 2.1D. (BibleSoft, Seattle Washington). Copyright © 1993-1995 Biblesoft.</div> <div> JBC          <I>The Jerome Biblical Commentary</I>. Edited by Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmyer and Roland E. Murphy. Two volumes in one. (Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey). © 1968 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.</div> <div> JFB          <I>Commentary Practical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible</I>. Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Revised Edition. 14th printing, 1976.</div> <div> MDB          <I>Mercer Dictionary of the Bible</I>. Gen. Ed. Watson E. Mills. (Mercer University Press. Macon, Georgia). Copyright © 1990 Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia. Second and Corrected Printing, July 1991.</div> <div> MH          <I>Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible</I>. Electronic Version. Copyright © 1991-1994 by Hendrickson Publishers. From PC Study Bible 2.1D. (BibleSoft, Seattle Washington). Copyright © 1993-1995 Biblesoft.</div> <div> NAGL          <I>The New Analytical Greek Lexicon. </I>Ed. Wesley J. Perschbacher. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1990 by Hendrickson Publishers. </div> <div> NBC          <I>The New Bible Commentary.</I> Edited by F. Davidson. Assisted by A.M. Stibbs & E.F. Kevan. (The Inter-Varsity Fellowship: London). Second Edition November 1954.</div> <div> NBD          <I>The New Bible Dictionary</I>. Organizing Editor: J.D. Douglas. (William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Grand Rapids, Michigan). © The Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1962.</div> <div> NCBD     <I>     The New Compact Bible Dictionary</I>. Ed. T. Alton Bryant. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1967 by Zondervan Publishing House.</div> <div> NIB          <I>The New Interpreter’s Bible</I>. (In 12 Volumes). (Abingdon Press, Nashville). Vol 1 © 1994. Vol 4 © 1996. Both by Abingdon Press.</div> <div> NIBD          <I>Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary</I>. Gen. Ed. Dr. Herbert Lockyer, Sr. Copyright © 1986 by Thomas Nelson Publishers. From PC Study Bible 2.1D. (BibleSoft, Seattle Washington). Copyright © 1993-1995 Biblesoft.</div> <div> NIDB          <I>The New International Dictionary of the Bible</I>. Pictoral Edition. Rev. Ed. J.D. Douglas. Gen. Ed. Merrill C. Tinney. (Regency Reference Library. Zondervan Publishing House. Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1987 by The Zondervan Corporation.</div> <div> NIDNTT     <I>The New International Dictionary of the New Testament Theology</I>. (3 Volumes). Gen. Ed. Colin Brown. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). English Language Edition Copyright © 1975,1978 The Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 7th Printing.</div> <div> NIDOTTE     <I>New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis</I>. Gen. Ed. William A. VanGemeren. (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1997 by William A. VanGemeren.</div> <div> NLBC          <I>The New Layman’s Bible Commentary. </I>In One Volume. Ed: G. C. D. Howley; F. F. Bruce & H. L. Ellison. (Regency Reference Library. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Copyright © 1979 by Pickering & Inglis LTD, Glasgow Scotland under the title Bible Commentary for Today.</div> <div> NSBD          <I>A New Standard Bible Dictionary</I>. Edited by Melancthon W. Jacobus, Elbert C. Lane & Andrew C. Zenos. (Funk and Wagnalls Company, New York). Third Revised Edition. Copyright 1936 by Funk & Wagnalls Company.</div> <div> NTGED     <I>The New Testament Greek-English Dictionary</I>. last six volumes of the New Testament Study Bible. [see next]</div> <div> NTSB          <I>The New Testament Study Bible</I>. (16 Volumes). (The Complete Biblical Library. Springfield, Missouri, USA). Copyright © published 1989 by the Complete Biblical Library.</div> <div> NTWBC     <I>The New Testament and Wycliffe Bible Commentary</I>. Parallel Edition. (The Iversen-Normon Associates, New York: 1971). Copyright © 1971 The Iversen-Norman Associates.</div> <div> NUBD     <I>     New Unger’s Bible Dictionary.</I> Originally published by Moody Press, Chicago, Illinois. Copyright © 1988. From PC Study Bible 2.1D. (BibleSoft, Seattle Washington). Copyright © 1993-1995 Biblesoft.</div> <div> NUW          <I>Nelson’s Expository Dictionary of the Old Testament</I>. Edited by Merrill F. Unger and William White Jr. Old Testament Section of <I>Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words</I>. A Complete Expository Dictionary of the Old and New Testaments in One Volume. Editors: W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger and William White Jr. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). Copyright © 1985 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. </div> <div> OTWS<I>          Wilson’s Old Testament Word Studies.</I> William Wilson. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). </div> <div> OVBC     <I>     The One Volume Bible Commentary.</I> Ed. J. R. Dummelow. (Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. New York). Copyright renewed 1936 by Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.</div> <div> SBD          <I>Smith’s Bible Dictionary</I>. William Smith. Revised and edited by F. N. & M. A. Peloubet. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nasville. 1986). </div> <div> SECB-H     <I>Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary</I>. James Strong. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). Copyright © 1984 by Thomas Nelson Publishers.</div> <div> SECB-G     <I>Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Greek Dictionary</I>. James Strong. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). Copyright © 1984 by Thomas Nelson Publishers. </div> <div> TCERK     <I>Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge</I>. Editor-in-Chief: Lefferts A. Loetscher. In two parts. (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan:1955). Copyright 1955 by Baker Book House.</div> <div> TDNT          <I>Theological Dictionary of the New Testament</I>. (10 Volumes). Eds: Gerhard Kittle &  Gerhard Friedrich. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1964-1976 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.</div> <div> TDNT-A     <I>Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.</I> Abridged in One Volume by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Ed. Gerhard Kittle and Gerhard Friedrich. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company/ The Paternoster Press). Copyright © 1985 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.</div> <div> TDOT          <I>Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament</I>. (8 Volumes) [so far]. Editors: G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren & Heinz Josef Fabry. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyrights © 1974-1997 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.</div> <div> TEBC          <I>The Eerdmans Bible Commentary. </I>Ed. D. Guthrie; J. A. Motyer; A. M. Stibbs & D. J. Wiseman. (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Grand Rapids, Michigan). © Copyright 1970 Inter-Varsity Press, London. From the 3rd edition of The New Bible Commentary.</div> <div> TEBD          <I>The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary</I>. Rev. Ed. Allen C. Myers. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan). Copyright © 1987 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.</div> <div> TLNT          <I>Theological Lexicon of the New Testament.</I> (3 Volumes). Ceslas Spicq. Translated and Edited by James D. Ernest. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1994 Hendrickson Publishers.</div> <div> TWBB<I>          A Theological Word Book of the Bible.</I> Ed. Alan Richardson. (Macmillan Company, New York: 1953. Copyright 1950 by The Macmillan Company.</div> <div> TWOT     <I>     Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament</I>. (2 Volumes). R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr & Bruce K. Waltke. (Moody Press, Chicago). Copyright © 1980 by Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.</div> <div> UBD          <I>Unger’s Bible Dictionary.</I> Merrill F. Unger (Moody Press, Chicago). Copyright renewed 1985 by Pearl C. Unger.</div> <div> VEDBW-NT     <I>Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words</I>. New Testament Section. W. E. Vine. (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville). Copyright © 1985 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.</div> <div> WBDB-R     <I>Whitaker’s Revised BDB Hebrew-English Lexicon. </I>Copyright © 1995, Dr. Richard Whitaker. From Bible Works 3.5. (Hermeneutika Software. P.O. Box 2200, Big Fork, Montana).Copyright © 1992-1997 Michael S. Bushell.</div> <div> WMCF     <I>New Bible Dictionary</I>. 21st Century Edition. Edited by: G. J. Wenham, J. A. Motyer, D. A. Carson & R. T. France. (Inter-Varsity Press, Leicester, England). Copyright © Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, Leicester, England. 1994.</div> <bR> <div> <B>OT & NT Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha & Gnostic:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="611" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 330 WIDTH="296"><div> 1Ap. Jam.     First (Apocalypse) of James.</div> <div> 1 Cl                First Clement.</div> <div> 1 En              First Enoch.</div> <div> 2Ap. Bar.      Second Apocalypse of Baruch.</div> <div> 2Ap. Jam.    Second Apocalypse of James.</div> <div> 2 En             Second Enoch.</div> <div> 2 Mac          Second Maccabees.</div> <div> 2Tr. Seth.    Second Treatise of the Great Seth.</div> <div> 3 En             Third Enoch.</div> <div> 3 Mac          Third Maccabees</div> <div> 4 Ez             Fourth Ezra.</div> <div> 4 Mac          Fourth Maccabees.</div> <div> 5 Ez             Fifth Ezra</div> <div> Apoc. Elij.    Apocalypse of Elijah.</div> <div> Apoc. Jam.  Apocryphon of James.</div> <div> Apoc. John  Apocryphon of John.</div> <div> Apoc. Pet.   Apocalypse of Peter.</div> <div> Bar               Baruch.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Barn                Barnabas.</div> <div> C. Gr. Pwr.     Concept of our Great Power.</div> <div> Clem. Hom.   Clementine Homilies.</div> <div> Did                  Didache</div> <div> Ep. Pet. Phil. Letter of Peter to Philip.</div> <div> Gos. Egp.      Gospel of the Egyptians.</div> <div> Gos. Phil.      Gospel of Philip.</div> <div> Gos. Tr.         Gospel of Truth.</div> <div> Int. Know.      Interpretation of Knowledge.</div> <div> Jos. Ase.     Joseph and Aseneth.</div> <div> Jub                Jubilees.</div> <div> L. Ad. Ev.      Life of Adam and Eve.</div> <div> Sir                 Sirach.</div> <div> Tes. Tr.         Testimony of Truth.</div> <div> Tob               Tobit.</div> <div> Tri. Tra.        Tripartite Tractate.</div> <div> Val. Exp.      A Valentianian Exposition.</div> <div> Wis           Wisdom.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DEAD SEA SCROLLS:</B></div> <bR> <div> 1QS                Manual of Discipline.</div> <div> 11QMel           Melchizedek Text.</div> <div> 11QTem          Temple Scroll.</div> <bR> <div> <B>TARGUMS:</B></div> <bR> <div> Targums to the Pentateuch:</div> <div> <I>Frag. Tar. Exod</I>.     Fragment Targum Exodus.</div> <div> <I>Tar. Num.</I>               Targum Numbers.</div> <bR> <div> Targums to the Writings:</div> <div> <I>Tg-Est.</I>                   Esther.</div> <div> <I>Tg-Mic.</I>                  Micah.</div> <bR> <div> <B>NOTABLE ANCIENT WRITERS:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Athanasius:</B></div> <div> <I>Orat.</I>             Four Discourses Against the Arians</div> <div> <I>De Decr.</I>      Defense of the Nicene Definition</div> <div> <I>Ep. Adel</I>       Letter to Adelphius</div> <bR> <div> <B>Augustine:</B></div> <div> <I>Conf</I>.             Confessions.</div> <div> <I>En. Ps.</I>          Exposition on the Psalms</div> <div> <I>Serm. </I>           Sermons on Selected Lessons</div> <bR> <div> <B>Clement of Alexandria:</B></div> <div> <I>Frag</I>.              Fragments.</div> <div> <I>Prot.</I>               Exhortation to the Greeks. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Gregory Nazianzen:</B></div> <div> <I>Orat.</I>              Orations</div> <div> <I>Theo. Orat.</I>   Theological Oration</div> <bR> <div> <B>Gregory of Nyssa:</B></div> <div> <I>Beat. </I>            Orations on the Beatitudes</div> <div> <I>C. Eun.</I>         Against Eunomius</div> <div> <I>Gin. An.      </I>  On the Making of Man</div> <div> <I>Orat. Cat.</I>     The Great Catechism</div> <div> <I>Tr. Th.     </I>       Not Three Gods</div> <bR> <div> <B>Hermas:</B></div> <div> <I>Sim</I>.              Similitudes.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Hilary of Poitiers:</B></div> <div> <I>De Syn.</I>        On the Councils</div> <div> <I>De Trin. </I>        On the Trinity</div> <bR> <div> <B>Hippolytus:</B></div> <div> <I>Phil.</I>               Refutation of all Heresies</div> <bR> <div> <B>Ignatius:</B></div> <div> <I>Smyr</I>.            Letter to the Smyrnaeans.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Irenaeus:</B></div> <div> <I>Con. Haer</I>.    Against Heresies</div> <bR> <div> <B>John of Damascus:</B></div> <div> <I>De Fid. Ort.</I>  Exposition on the Orthodox Faith</div> <bR> <div> <B>Josephus:</B></div> <div> <I>War</I>               War of the Jews.</div> <div> <I>Ant.</I>                Antiquities of the Jews.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Justin Martyr:</B></div> <div> <I>Dialog            </I>Dialog with Trypho the Jew.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Origen:</B></div> <div> <I>C. Cel.</I>          Against Celsus.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Philo:</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>De Cher.  </I>           On the Cherubim.</div> <div> <I>De Conf.     </I>        On the Confusion of Languages.</div> <div> <I>De. Con. Qua</I>.   On the Preliminary Studies.</div> <div> <I>De Mut. Nom</I>.   On the Change of Names.</div> <div> <I>De Op. Mun.</I>     On the Creation of the World.</div> <div> <I>De Vit. Mos</I>.      On the Life of Moses.</div> <div> <I>Leg. All.</I>             Allegories of the Law.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tertullian:</B></div> <div> <I>Ad. Prax </I>            Against Praxeas</div> <div> <I>De. Anima.        </I>Concerning the Soul.</div> <div> <I>De. Res. Car</I>.   On the Resurrection of the Flesh.</div> <bR> <div> <B>RABBINICAL LITERATURE:</B></div> <bR> <div> From the Mishna:</div> <div> <I>m. ’Abot’           </I>Abot (The Fathers).</div> <div> <I>m. Sanh.</I>          Sanhedrin. (The Council).</div> <bR> <div> From the Tosepta:</div> <div> <I>t. Hull.</I>              Hullin (Non-Holy Things).</div> <div> <I>t. Sabb.</I>           Sabbat (Sabbath).</div> <div> <I>t. Sanh.</I>           Sanhendrin (The Council).</div> <bR> <div> From the Babylonian Talmud:</div> <div> <I>b. Abod. Zar.  </I>Aboda Zara (Idolatry).</div> <div> <I>b. Sabb.</I>          Sabbat (Sabbath).</div> <div> <I>b. Sota</I>            Sota (The Suspected Adulteress).</div> <div> <I>b. Hagg</I>.          Haggai</div> <div> <I>b. Sanh.</I>          Sanhendrin (The Council).</div> <bR> <div> From the Jerusalem Talmud:</div> <div> <I>y. Hagg.</I>          Haggai.</div> <div> <I>y. Sanh</I>.          Sanhendrin (The Council).</div> <bR> <div> From the Midrash Rabbah:</div> <div> <I>Gen. Rab.</I>      Genesis Rabbah.</div> <div> <I>Quh. Rab</I>.      Qohelet Rabbah.</div> <div> <I>Num. Rab.</I>     Numbers Rabbah.</div> <bR> <div> From the Midraš Tehillin:</div> <div> <I>Midr. Ps.</I>        Midraš Tehillin (Exegesis on the Psalms).</div> <bR> <div> From later Midrashim:</div> <div> <I>Yal. Sime</I>.     Yalqut Simeoni.</div> <bR> <div> <B>OTHER ABBREVIATIONS AND PERTINENT WORDS:</B></div> <bR> <div> ABH          <I>Abingdon Bible Handbook.</I> Edward P. Blair. (Abingdon Press, Nashville- New York). Copyright © 1975 by Abingdon Press.</div> <div> AD          Anno Domini (Year of our Lord).</div> <div> AE          <I>Relativity. </I>The Special and General Theory. Albert Einstein. Authorized Translation by Robert W. Lawson. (Crown Trade Paperbacks, New York). Copyright © 1961 by the Estate of Albert Einstein.</div> <div> AGQ          <I>Answers to Gospel Questions</I>. (5 Volumes). Compiled and Edited by Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah). Copyright by Deseret Book Company 1957-1966.</div> <div> AMC          <I>Are Mormons Christians?</I> Stephen E. Robinson. (Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah).  Copyright © 1991 by Bookcraft, Inc.</div> <div> ANE          Ancient Near East.</div> <div> ANF          <I>The Ante-Nicene Fathers.</I> (10 Volumes). Editors: Alexander Roberts, & James Donaldson. The writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. (Rand, Avery, and Company; Boston, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1885. The Christian Literature Publishing Company. Also the American Reprint of the Edinburgh Edition. T&T Clark Edinburgh (Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Grand Rapids, Michigan). Reprinted, October 1989. / ANF (Sage) The Sage Digital Library (Volumes 1-4). © 1996 SAGE Software, Albany, Oregon.</div> <div> AT          <I>About Time.</I> Einstein’s unfinished revolution. Paul Davies. (Simon and Schuster, New York). Copyright © 1995 by Orion Productions.</div> <div> AV          The Authorized King James Version.</div> <div> BAEV    <I>The Bible in its Ancient and English Versions</I>. Ed. Wheeler H. Robinson. (Oxford at the Clarendon Press) First edition 1940. Reprinted lithographically in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford,1954.</div> <div> BB          <I>Before the Beginning</I>. Our Universe and Others. Martin Rees. (Helix Books. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1997 by Martin Rees.</div> <div> BC          Before Christ.</div> <div> BEC          <I>Bose-Einstein Condensation.</I> Eds. A. Griffin, D.W. Snoke & S. Stringari. (Cambridge University Press).  © Cambridge University Press 1995.</div> <div> BHT          <I>A Brief History of Time.</I> Stephen W. Hawking. (Bantam Books, Toronto). Copyright © 1988 by Stephen W. Hawking.</div> <div> BHTW<I>          Black Holes and Time Warps. </I>Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy. Kip. S. Thorne. A Volume of the Commonwealth Fund Book Program. (W. W. Norton & Company, New York). Copyright © 1994 by Kip S. Thorne.</div> <div> BJ          <I>The Book of J.</I> Harold Bloom. With David Rosenberg. (Grove Weidenfeld: New York). Copyright © 1990 by David Rosenberg and Harold Bloom. </div> <div> BM          <I>The Book of Mormon</I>. Another Testament of Jesus Christ. © Copyright 1981 by the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div> <div> cf          compare.</div> <div> CF          <I>Catholicism and Fundamentalism</I>. The Attack on “Romanism” by “Bible Christians.” Karl Keating. (Ignatius Press. San Francisco). © 1988 Ignatius Press, San Francisco.</div> <div> D&C          <I>The Doctrine and Covenants</I>. © Copyright 1981 by the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div> <div> DCNR<I>          Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion</I>. David Hume. Edited with an Introduction by Martin Bell. (Penguin Books, London). First published 1779. Published in Penguin Classics 1990.</div> <div> DS          <I>Doctrines of Salvation</I>. (3 volumes). Joseph Fielding Smith. Compiled by Bruce R. MacConkie. (Bookcraft, Salt Lake City, Utah). Copyright © 1954-1956 by Bookcraft. Licensed by Infobases, Inc. LDS Collectors Library ’97.</div> <div> DSS          <I>The Dead Sea Scriptures.</I> In English Translation with Introduction and Notes by Theodor H. Gaster. Third Edition. Revised and Enlarged. (Anchor Books. Anchor Press, Doubleday. Garden City, New York). Copyright © 1956,1964,1976 by Theodor H. Gaster.</div> <div> e.g.          exempli gratia (for example).</div> <div> EHG          <I>The Early History of God</I>. Yahweh and Other Deities in Ancient Israel. Mark S. Smith. (Harper and Row Publishers, San Francisco). Copyright © 1990 Mark S. Smith.</div> <div> EHH          <I>Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics</I>. Chas S. Clifton. (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Ca). Copyright © 1992 by Chas S. Clifton.</div> <div> EML          <I>The Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends</I>. Stuart Gordon.<I> </I>(Headline Book Publishing Plc, London. 1993) Copyright © 1993 by Richard Stuart Gordon. </div> <div> ER          <I>Evil Revisited</I>. Responses and Reconsiderations. David Ray Griffin. (State University of New York Press: Albany, New York). © 1991 State University of New York.</div> <div> FHH          <I>Fundamentalism:</I> Hazards and Heartbreaks. Rod L. Evans & Irwin M. Berent. (Open Court, La Salle, Illinois 61301). Copyright © 1988 by Open Court Publishing Company. 2nd Printing 1990.</div> <div> FSAC          <I>From the Stone Age to Christianity</I>. Monotheism and the Historical Process. William Foxwell Albright. Second Edition. (Doubleday Anchor Books. Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York). Copyright © 1957 by William F. Albright.</div> <div> FTL          <I>Faster Than Light</I>. Superluminal Loopholes in Physics. Nick Herbert. (A Plume Book., The Penguin Group, New York). Copyright © 1988 Nick Herbert. </div> <div> GB          <I>A Guidebook to the Bible. </I>Alice Parmelee. (Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York). Copyright 1948 by Harper & Brothers.</div> <div> GE          <I>God and Evil.</I> Readings on the Theological Problems of Evil. Ed: Nelson Pike. (Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey). © 1964 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.</div> <div> GG          <I>The Gnostic Gospels.</I> Elaine Pagels. (Vintage Books. New York). Copyright © 1979 by Elaine Pagels.</div> <div> GS          <I>Kabbalah. </I>Gershom Scholem. (A Meridian Book. Penguin Group, New York). Copyright © 1974 by Keter Publishing House Jerusalem Ltd. First Meridian Printing, March, 1978.</div> <div> HB          <I>The Holy Bible</I>. LDS Edition. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. 1988). © Copyright 1979 by the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div> <div> HBB          <I>The Historical Background of the Bible</I>. J. N. Schofield. (Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. London). First published March 1938.</div> <div> HCC          <I>A History of the Christian Councils.</I> (5 Volumes). Charles Joseph Hefele. Translated by William Clark. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 38, George Street. 1883,1894, 1896. Second Edition. Revised.</div> <div> HFG          <I>The Hidden Face of God. </I>Richard Elliott Friedman. (HarperSanFrancisco). Copyright © 1995 by Richard Elliott Friedman.</div> <div> HG          <I>A History of God</I>. The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Karen Armstrong. (Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1994). Copyright © 1993 by Karen Armstrong.</div> <div> HMALDS     <I>Health and Medicine Among the Latter-day Saints</I>. Lester E. Bush, Jr. (Crossroads, New York). Copyright © 1993 by the Lutheran General Health System.</div> <div> HOBCTU     <I>How Our Bible Came To Us.</I> H. G. G. Herklots.(Alt title: <I>Back to the Bible</I>) Originally published in Great Britain under the title <I>Back to the Bible</I>. (Oxford University Press, New York, 1954). Copyright © 1954 by H.G.G. Herklots.</div> <div> HT          <I>Holy Terror</I>. The Fundamentalist war on America’s freedoms in religion, politics and our private lives. Flo Conway & Jim Siegelman. (Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York:1982). Copyright © 1982 by Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman.</div> <div> ibid.          ibidem (in the same place-i.e. in the same book).</div> <div> IBOT          <I>An Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament.</I> W. O. E. Oesterley & Theodore H. Robinson. (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Northumberland Ave, London. W. C.2: 1949). </div> <div> i.e.          id est (that is).</div> <div> IGIC          <I>The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity</I>. Edwin Hatch. Foreword with new  notes and a Bibliography by Frederick C. Grant. (First Harper TorchBook Ed. New York). First published in 1890 under title: The Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages Upon the Christian Church. (1957). </div> <div> IOT          <I>Introduction to the Old Testament.</I> James King West. (The Macmillan Company, New York). Copyright © 1971, The Macmillan Company.</div> <div> IOTS          <I>An Introduction to the Old Testament and its Study.</I> Robert L. Cate. (Broadman Press, Nashville, Tennessee). © Copyright 1987 Broadman Press. </div> <div> ISUBB     <I>     In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks</I>. Gerard ’t Hooft. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK). © Cambridge University Press 1997.</div> <div> IU          <I>The Inflationary Universe</I>. The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins. Alan H. Guth. (Helix Books. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. Reading, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1997 by Alan H. Guth.</div> <div> JD          <I>Journal of Discourses</I>. (26 Volumes).  Edited by George D. Watt, et al. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, et al., 1854-1886.</div> <div> JH          <I>Judaism and Hellenism.</I> (2 volumes in one). Martin Hengel. (Fortress Press, Minneapolis). Translated by John Bowden. Translation © John Bowden 1974. Second One-volume edition 1991.</div> <div> JHC     <I>     Journal History of the Church.</I></div> <div> JM          <I>Jesus the Magician</I>. Morton Smith. (Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc., New York).Copyright © 1978 by Morton Smith.</div> <div> JQ          <I>Patrology</I>. Johannes Quasten. (2 Volumes.) Vol 1. The Beginnings of Patristic Literature. (Spectrum Publishers, Utrecht Antwerp. 1950. The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland). Vol 2. The Ante-Nicene Fathers after Irenaeus. (Spectrum Publishers, Utrecht Antwerp. 1953).</div> <div> JT          <I>1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Science</I>. James Trefil. (Doubleday, New York). Copyright © 1992 by James Trefil.</div> <div> LBB          <I>The Lost Books of the Bible. </I>First half of The Lost Books of the Bible and the Forgotten Books of Eden. (A Meridian Book. New American Library, New York). Copyright 1926 by Alpha House, Inc.</div> <div> LDS          Latter-day Saints. Short for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or its members.</div> <div> LME          <I>Letters to a Mormon Elder</I>. James R White. (Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota). Copyright © 1993 James R. White.</div> <div> LXX          The Septuagint. The Greek version of the OT.</div> <div> MB          <I>Meditation and the Bible. </I>Aryeh Kaplan. (Samuel Weiser, Inc. York Beach, Maine). Copyright © Aryeh Kaplan 1978. Second printing 1989.</div> <div> MC          <I>Mere Christianity</I>. C. S. Lewis. (Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. New York). Copyright 1943, 1945, 1952 by Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. Macmillan Paperbacks Edition 1960. Twenty-ninth Printing 1979.</div> <div> MI          <I>Kabbalah</I>. New Perspectives. Moshe Idel. (Yale University Press, New Haven & London). Copyright © 1988 Yale University.</div> <div> MK          <I>Hyperspace. </I>A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time warps, and the 10th Dimension. Michio Kaku. (Anchor Books, Doubleday, New York). Copyright © 1994 by Oxford University Press.</div> <div> MM          <I>Atheism.</I> A Philosophical Justification. Michael Martin. (Temple University, Philadelphia). Copyright © 1990 by Temple University.</div> <div> MSG          <I>On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead.</I> Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah. Gershom Sholem. (Schocken Books, New York). English translation copyright © 1991 by Schocken Books Inc.</div> <div> MT          The Masoretic Text.</div> <div> NHL          <I>The Nag Hammadi Library</I>. In English. Gen Ed. James M. Robinson. (Harper & Row, Publishers, San Francisco). Copyright © 1978 by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands.</div> <div> NT          The New Testament.</div> <div> NTS          <I>New Testament Survey</I>. Revised. Merrill C. Tenney Revised by Walter M. Dunnett. (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. Inter-Varsity Press). © Copyright 1985 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.</div> <div> NWNTI     <I>Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation.</I> Craig A. Evans. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1992 by Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.</div> <div> NYPLSDR     <I>The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference</I>. Editorial Director: Patricia Barnes-Svarney. A Stonesong Press Book. (MacMillan, USA). Copyright © 1995 by The Stonesong Press Inc., and The New York Public Library.</div> <div> OBPTCC     <I>ORIGEN</I>. The Bible and Philosophy in the Third Century Church. Joseph Wilson Trigg. (John Knox Press, Atlanta) Copyright © 1983, John Knox Press.</div> <div> OC          <I>The Origins of Christianity</I>. A Historical Introduction to the New Testament. By Schuyler Brown. General Editors: Peter R. Ackroyd & Graham N. Stanton. (The Oxford Bible Series. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. 1984.) Copyright © 1984 by Schuyler Brown.</div> <div> OM          <I>Omens of Millennium.</I> The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection. Harold Bloom. (Riverhead Books, New York). Copyright © 1996 by Harold Bloom.</div> <div> OT          The Old Testament.</div> <div> OTP          <I>The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha</I>. (2 Volumes). Ed. James H. Charlesworth. (Doubleday and Company Inc. Garden City, New York). Vol 1 copyright © 1983, Vol 2 © 1985. Both by James H. Charlesworth.</div> <div> OTS          <I>Old Testament Survey</I>. The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. William Sanford La Sor; David Allan Hubbard & Frederic William Bush. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan/ The Paternoster Press, Carlisle). Copyright © 1982 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.</div> <div> OW          <I>Offenders for a Word.</I> How Anti-Mormons Play Word Games to Attack the Latter-day Saints. Daniel C. Peterson & Stephen D. Ricks. (Aspen Books, Salt Lake City, Utah). Copyright © 1992 Daniel C. Peterson & Stephen D. Ricks.</div> <div> p. / pp.     page number / pages number.</div> <div> PCF        <I>The Philosophy of the Church Fathers.</I> (2 Volumes). Vol. I. Faith. Trinity. Incarnation. Harry A.<I> </I>Wolfson. (Cambridge Mass. Harvard University Press 1956.) Copyright © 1956 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.</div> <div> PGP        <I>The Pearl of Great Price</I>. © Copyright 1981 by the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</div> <div> PE          <I>The Problem of Evil</I>. Selected Readings. Ed. Michael L. Peterson. (University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana). Copyright © 1992 by University of Notre Dame Press.</div> <div> PHEC     <I>Prophecy & Hermeneutic in Early Christianity</I>. E. Earle Ellis. (Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan). © 1993 by E. Earle Ellis.</div> <div> RBB       <I>The Religious Background of the Bible</I>. J. N. Schofield. (Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London: 1944). </div> <div> RC         <I>The Rise of Christianity</I>. William. H. C. Frend. (Fortress Press. Philadelphia). Copyright © 1984 by W.H.C. Frend.</div> <div> ROT      <I>Religion in the Old Testament.</I> The History of a Spiritual Triumph. Robert H. Pfeiffer. Edited by Charles Conrad Forman. (Harper & Brothers, New York). Copyright © 1961 by Harper & Brothers.</div> <div> RQDSS     <I>Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls</I>. Joseph A. Fitzmyer S.J. (Paulist Press, New York/Mahwah 1992). Copyright © 1992 by the Corporation of the Roman Catholic Clergymen, Maryland.</div> <div> SL          <I>You Take Jesus I’ll Take God.</I> How to Refute Christian Missionaries. Samuel Levine.  (Homoroh Press, Los Angeles, Ca). Copyright 1980 by Samuel Levine.</div> <div> SMM      <I>Some Mistakes of Moses</I>. Robert Ingersoll. (Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York. 1986).</div> <div> TBM       <I>The Bible in the Making.</I> Gedes MacGregor. (J.B.Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York) Copyright © 1959 by G. MacGregor. </div> <div> TE        <I>The Triumph of Elohim</I>. From Yahwisms to Judaisms. Ed. Diana Vikander Edelman. (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan). © 1995 Kok Pharos Publishing House, Kampen, the Netherlands. This edition published 1996 through special arrangement with Kok Pharos by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.</div> <div> TIB    <I>The Interlinear Bible</I>. <I>Hebrew-Greek-English.</I> With Strong’s Concordance Numbers Above Each Word. Gen Editor and Translator: Jay P. Green, Sr. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody Massachusetts). Second Edition © 1986 by Jay P. Green, Sr.</div> <div> TMC <I>  The Mormon Church.</I> Roger Thompson. (Hippocrene Books, New York). Copyright © 1993 by Roger M. Thompson.</div> <div> TOT     <I>The Old Testament</I>. Its Background, Growth, & Content. Peter C. Craigie. (Abingdon Press, Nashville). Copyright © 1986 by Abingdon Press.</div> <div> TPJS <I>    Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.</I> Compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith. (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah). © 1976 by Deseret Book Company.</div> <div> TUD       <I>Through a Universe Darkly.</I> Marcia Bartusiak. A Cosmic Tale of Ancient Ethers, Dark Matter, and the Fate of the Universe. (HarperCollins Publishers, New York). Copyright © 1993 by Marcia Bartusiak.</div> <div> UDNT <I>     Unity and Diversity in the New Testament.</I> An Inquiry into the Character of Earliest Christianity. James D. G. Dunn. Second Edition. (SCM Press, London/Trinity Press International, Valley Forge). © James D. G. Dunn 1977,1990.</div> <div> v./ vv.          verse / verses.</div> <div> WBRS     <I>     What the Bible Really Says</I>. Editors: Morton Smith & Joseph R. Hoffman. (Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York.). Copyright © 1989 by the editors.</div> <div> WP          <I>The Works of Philo</I>. Complete and Unabridged. New Updated Edition. Translated by C. D. Yonge. (Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Massachusetts). Copyright © 1993 by Henrickson Publishers, Inc. </div> <div> WWB          <I>Who Wrote the Bible?</I> Richard Elliott Friedman. (Harper and Row Publishers, New York). Copyright © 1987 by Richard Friedman.</div> <div> YHWH     Name of God in the OT (alternate: YHVH). All consonants, no vowels. Some pronounce it as “Yahweh” others “Jehovah.” Correct pronunciation is unknown. Since the main audience of this book uses “Jehovah” instead of “Yahweh,” I use the English form “Jehovah” for “YHWH” in this book, despite my personal usage is “Yahweh” and my written usage is “YHWH.”</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WARNING TO MORMONS"><U><U>WARNING TO MORMONS</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WARNING TO NONMORMONS"><U><U>WARNING TO NON-MORMONS</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"><U><U>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DEDICATION"><U><U>DEDICATION</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LEHIS DREAM"><U><U>LEHI'S DREAM</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABBREVIATIONS"><U><U>ABBREVIATIONS</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DEFINITIONS"><U><U>DEFINITIONS</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INTRO"><U><U>INTRODUCTION</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HEAVENLY FATHER"><U><U>SECTION 1: HEAVENLY FATHER</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="JESUS CHRIST"><U><U>SECTION 2: JESUS CHRIST</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOLY GHOST"><U><U>SECTION 3: HOLY GHOST</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONCLUSION"><U><U>CONCLUSION</U></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ewatson@shaw.ca"><U>e-mail me!</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>