Abbreviations
Abbreviations for the books of the Bible adhere to the standard of the Chicago Manual of Style; for classical authors, those of Liddell, Scott and Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon, are followed. Other abbreviations are explained below.
References to the Old Testament follow the chapters and verses of the Septuagint Bible (or any of its Coptic versions).
| BKU |
Ägyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin: Koptische Urkunden, vol. 1. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895–1904. |
| CANT |
M. Geerard, Clavis apocryphorum Novi Testamenti. Turnhout: Brepols, 1992. |
| CAVT |
J.-C. Haelewyck, Clavis apocryphorum Veteris Testamenti. Turnhout: Brepols, 1998. |
| CPG |
M. Geerard and J. Noret, Clavis Patrum Graecorum, 5 vols. with Supplementum. Turnhout: Brepols, 1974–2003. |
| NHC |
Nag Hammadi codices, for which see The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, 10 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1972–1977. |
| PG |
Patrologiae cursus completus, ed. J.-P. Migne. Series graeca. Paris: J.-P. Migne, 1857–1886. |
| PGM |
K. Preisendanz, Papyri graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri, 2nd ed. by A. Henrichs, 2 vols. Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner, 1973–1974. |
| PL |
Patrologiae cursus completus, ed. J.-P. Migne. Series latina. Paris: J.-P. Migne, 1844–1890. |
| P.Oxy. |
B.P. Grenfell et al., ed. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. London: Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898-. |
| Suppl. Mag. |
R.W. Daniel and F. Maltomini, Supplementum Magicum, 2 vols. Papyrologica Coloniensia 16. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990–1992. |