Abbreviations
Primary sources referred to only once in this book are not abbreviated. Primary sources referred to more than once are given an abbreviation here. Names of modern series of scholarly publications which are listed three or more times in the bibliography are also given an abbreviation below. Abbreviations here follow those given in the SBL Handbook of Style (second ed., 2014, although Nag Hammadi treatises are still given in italics) and, when necessary, the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
| ACA |
Ancient Commentators on Aristotle |
| ACW |
Ancient Christian Writers |
| Aët. |
Aëtius |
| Plac. |
De placita philosophorum |
| Alc. |
Alcinous |
| Epit. |
Epitome doctrinae platonicae (Didaskalikos) |
| Alex. Aphr. |
Alexander of Aphrodisias |
| Fat. |
De fato |
| Prov. |
De providentia |
| Ammon. Herm. |
Ammonios Hermiou |
| Comm. interp. |
Commentaria in Aristotelis Libros Peri Hermeneias |
| AMP |
Ancient and Medieval Philosophy |
| Anon. Comm. Parm. |
(Anonymous) In Platonis Parmenidem commentaria |
| ANRW |
Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt |
| Ap. John |
Apocryphon of John |
| Apoc. Adam |
Apocalypse of Adam |
| Apollod. |
Pseudo-Apollodorus of Athens |
| [Bib.] |
Bibliotheca |
| Apul. |
Apuleius of Madaura |
| Apol. |
Apologia (pro se de magia) |
| Deo Socr. |
De deo Socratis |
| Dogm. Plat. |
De dogma Platonis |
| Arist. |
Aristotle |
| Eth. eud. |
Ethica eudemia |
| Eth. nic. |
Ethica nicomachea |
| Metaph. |
Metaphysica |
| [Mund.] |
[De mundo] |
| Phys. |
Physica |
| Athenag. |
Athenagoras |
| Leg. |
Legatio pro Christianis |
| Att. |
Atticus |
| Aug. |
Augustine |
| Conf. |
Confessionum libri XIII |
| Auth. Disc. |
Authoritative Discourse |
| BCNH |
Bibliothèque Copte de Nag Hammadi |
| BG |
Papyrus Berolinensis 8502 |
| BICSSup |
Bulletin of the Institute for Classical Studies Supplement |
| BLC |
Book of the Laws of the Countries |
| Boeth. |
Boethius |
| Cons. |
De consolatione philosophiae |
| BzA |
Beiträge zur Altertumskunde |
| Calc. |
Calcidius |
| Comm. Tim. |
Commentarius in Timaeum |
| Chald. Or. |
Chaldean Oracles |
| Cic. |
Cicero |
| Acad. |
Academicae quaestiones |
| Div. |
De divination |
| Fat. |
De fato |
| Nat. d. |
De natura deorum |
| Clem. |
Clement of Rome |
| [Rec.] |
[Recognitiones] |
| Clem. Al. |
Clement of Alexandria |
| Ecl. |
Eclogae Propheticae |
| Exc. |
Excerpta ex Theodoto |
| Paed. |
Paedagogus |
| Protr. |
Protrepticus |
| Strom. |
Stromateis |
| Corp. herm. |
Corpus hermeticum |
| CQ |
Classical Quarterly |
| D. L. |
Diogenes Laertius |
| Diod. Sic. |
Diodorus Siculus |
| Bib. hist. |
Bibliotheca historica |
| Disc. Seth |
Second Discourse of the Great Seth |
| DK |
Diels/Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker |
| 1 En. |
1 Enoch (Ethiopic Apocalypse) |
| Ep. Pet. Phil. |
Letter of Peter to Philip |
| Epict. |
Epictetus |
| Diatr. |
Diatribai (Dissertationes) |
| Epiph. |
Epiphanius of Salamis |
| Pan. |
Panarion |
| EPRO |
Études préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l’ Empire Romain |
| Eur. |
Euripides |
| Herc. fur. |
Hercules furens |
| Euseb. |
Eusebius of Caesarea |
| Hist. eccl. |
Historia ecclesiastica |
| Praep. ev. |
Praeparatio evangelica |
| FC |
Fathers of the Church |
| Gal. |
Galen |
| Usu |
De usu partium corporis humani |
| GCS |
Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderten |
| Gell. |
Aulus Gellius |
| Noct. att. |
Noctes Atticae |
| Gos. Eg. |
Egyptian Gospel |
| Hom. |
Homer |
| Il. |
Ilias |
| Od. |
Odyssea |
| HTR |
Harvard Theological Review |
| Ir. |
Irenaeus |
| Epid. |
Epideixis tou apostolikou kērygmatos |
| Haer. |
Adversus haereses |
| JAC |
Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum |
| JBL |
Journal of Biblical Literature |
| JECS |
Journal of Early Christian Studies |
| Jos. |
Josephus |
| A.J. |
Antiquitates judaicae |
| B.J. |
Bellum judaicum |
| JSJSup |
Journal for the Study of Judaism Supplement Series |
| JTS |
Journal of Theological Studies |
| Jub. |
Jubilees |
| Just. Mart. |
Justin Martyr |
| 1 Apol. |
Apologia i |
| 2 Apol. |
Apologia ii |
| Dial. |
Dialogus cum Tryphone |
| [Or. Graec.] |
[Oratio ad Graecos] |
| LCL |
Loeb Classical Library |
| Let. Arist. |
Letter of Aristeas |
| LS |
Long and Sedley, eds. and trs., The Hellenistic Philosophers |
| LSJ |
Liddell, Scott, and Jones, eds., A Greek English Lexicon, 9th ed. |
| Lucr. |
Lucretius |
| Manil. |
Manilius |
| Astron. |
Astronomica |
| Marc. Aur. |
Marcus Aurelius |
| Mars. |
Marsanes |
| Max. Tyr. |
Maximus of Tyre |
| Or. |
Orationes |
| Min. Fel. |
Minicius Felix |
| Oct. |
Octavius |
| Nat. Rul. |
Nature of the Rulers |
| Nem. |
Nemesius of Emesa |
| Nat. hom. |
De natura hominis |
| NHC |
Nag Hammadi Codices |
| NHMS (formerly NHS) |
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies (formerly Nag Hammadi Studies) |
| Num. |
Numenius |
| OECT |
Oxford Early Christian Texts |
| Orig. |
Origen |
| Cels. |
Contra Celsum |
| Comm. Jo. |
Commentarii in evangelium Joannis |
| Comm. Matt. |
Commentarii in evangelium Matthaei |
| Comm. Rom. |
Commentarii in Romanos |
| Hom. Jer. |
Homilae in Jeremiam |
| Hom. Luc. |
Homiliae in Lucam |
| Hom. Num. |
Homiliae in Numeros |
| Or. |
De oratione |
| Philoc. |
Philocalia |
| Princ. |
De principiis (Peri Archōn) |
| Orig. World |
On the Origin of the World |
| PA |
Philosophia Antiqua |
| Paraph. Shem |
Paraphrase of Shem |
| PG |
Patrologia graeca (Migne) |
| PGL |
Lampe, ed., Patristic Greek Lexicon |
| Philo (of Alexandria) | |
| Cher. |
De cherubim |
| Det. |
Quod deterius potiori insidari soleat |
| Deus |
Quod Deus sit immutabilis |
| Ebr. |
De ebreitate |
| Flacc. |
In Flaccum |
| Fug. |
De fuga et inventione |
| Her. |
Quis rerum divinarum heresit |
| Ios. |
De Iosepho |
| Leg. |
Legum allegoriae |
| Mos. |
De vita Mosis |
| Opif. |
De opificio mundi |
| Plant. |
De plantatione |
| Praem. |
De praemiis et poenis |
| Prov. |
De providentia |
| QG |
Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin |
| Sobr. |
De sobrietate |
| Somn. |
De somniis |
| Spec. |
De specialibus legibus |
| Virt. |
De virtutibus |
| Plat. |
Plato |
| Leg. |
Leges |
| Phaedr. |
Phaedrus |
| Pol. |
Politicus |
| Resp. |
Respublica |
| Symp. |
Symposium |
| Tim. |
Timaeus |
| Plin. |
Pliny the Elder |
| Nat. |
Naturalis historia |
| Plot. |
Plotinus |
| Enn. |
Enneads |
| Plut. |
Plutarch of Chaeronea |
| Comm. not. |
De communibus notitiis contra stoicos |
| Def. orac. |
De defectu oraculorum |
| Fort. Rom. |
De fortuna Romanorum |
| Is. Os. |
De Iside et Osiride |
| Stoic. rep. |
De Stoicorum repugnantiis |
| Polyb. |
Polybius |
| Hist. |
Historiae |
| Porph. |
Porphyry |
| Sent. |
Sententiae |
| Vit. Plot. |
Vita Plotini |
| Procl. |
Proclus Diadochus |
| Comm. Tim. |
In Platonis Timaeum commentarii |
| Ref. |
Refutatio omnium haeresiorum |
| RGRW |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World |
| SAMPP |
Studies in Ancient Moral and Political Philosophy |
| SAPERE |
Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia |
| SC |
Sources chrétiennes |
| Sen. |
Seneca |
| Brev. vit. |
De brevitate vitae |
| Ep. |
Epistulae |
| Nat. |
Naturales quaestiones |
| Prov. |
De providentia |
| Sent. Sext. |
Sexti philosophi Sententiae a Rufino translatae |
| Sext. Emp. |
Sextus Empiricus |
| Adv. math. |
Adversus mathematicos |
| Pyr. |
Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes |
| Simpl. |
Simplicius |
| Comm. phys. |
In Aristotelis de physica commentaria |
| SNAM |
Studies in Neoplatonism: Ancient and Modern |
| STAC |
Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum |
| Stob. |
Johannes Stobaeus |
| Ecl. |
Eclogae |
| SPNPT |
Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition |
| SVF |
von Arnim, ed., Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta |
| Tac. |
Tacitus |
| Ann. |
Annales |
| Tat. |
Tatian |
| Or. Graec. |
Oratio ad Graecos |
| Teach. Silv. |
Teachings of Silvanus |
| Ter. |
Tertullian |
| An. |
De anima |
| Carn. Chr. |
De carne Christi |
| [Haer.] |
[Adversus haereses] |
| Herm. |
Adversus Hermogenes |
| Marc. |
Adversus Marcionem |
| Praescr. |
De praescriptione haereticorum |
| Theoph. |
Theophilus of Antioch |
| Autol. |
Ad Autolycum |
| TTH |
Translated Texts for Historians |
| Three Forms |
Three Forms of First Thought |
| Tri. Trac. |
Tripartite Tractate |
| TUGAL |
Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur |
| VC |
Vigiliae Christianae |
| VCSup |
Vigiliae Christianae Supplement Series |
| Vit. Aes. |
Vita Aesopi |
| WGRWSup |
Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement Series |
| WUNT |
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament |
| Xen. |
Xenophon |
| Mem. |
Memorabilia |
| ZAC |
Zeitschrift für Antike und Christentum |
| Zost. |
Zostrianos |