| Alter | | R. Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981). |
| ANEP | J. B. Pritchard, The Ancient Near East in Pictures Relating to the Old Testament (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1954; 21969). |
| ANET | J. B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 21955; 31969). |
| AOTS | D. Winton Thomas (ed.), Archaeology and Old Testament Study (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967). |
| AV | English Authorized (King James,英皇钦定本) Version, 1611. |
| BA | Biblical Archaeologist. |
| BAR | Biblical Archaeology Review. |
| BASOR | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. |
| BDB | F. Brown, S. R. Driver and C. A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1906). |
| BeO | Bibbia e Oriente. |
| BJRL | Bulletin of the John Rylands Library. |
| Bright | J. Bright, A History of Israel , The Old Testament Library (London: SCM Press, 21972). |
| | 布赖特着,《以色列史》,萧维元译,基督教文艺出版社,41986。 |
| BT | The Bible Translator. |
| CBQ | Catholic Biblical Quarterly. |
| DOTT | D. W. Thomas (ed.), Documents of Old Testament Times (London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1958). |
| Driver 1909 | S. R. Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 81909). |
| Driver 1913 | S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 21913). |
| EOPN | A. R. Millard and D. J. Wiseman (eds.), Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980). |
| Eslinger | L. M. Eslinger, Kingship of God in Crisis, A Close Reading of 1 Samuel 1-12 (Sheffield: Almond/JSOT Press, 1985). |
| ET | English Translation. (英译) |
| ExpT | The Expository Times. |
| Fokkelman 1981 | J. P. Fokkelman, Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel, A full interpretation based on stylistic and structural analyses , vol. 1 King David ( Ⅱ Sam. 9-20 & I Kings 1-2 ) (Assen: Van Gorcum & Co., 1981). |
| Fokkelman 1986 | J. P. Fokkelman, Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel, A full interpretation based on stylistic and structural analyses , vol. 2 The Crossing Fates ( I Sam. 13-31 & II Sam. 1 ) (Assen: Van Gorcum & Co., 1986). |
| GNB | Good News Bible: Today's English Version(现代中文译本), 1976. |
| Gordon 1984 | R. P. Gordon, 1 & 2 Samuel , Old Testament Guides (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1984). |
| Gordon 1986 | R. P. Gordon, 1 & 2 Samuel, A Commentary (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1986). |
| Gottwald | N. K. Gottwald, The Tribes of Yahweh, A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 B. C. E. (London: SCM Press, 1980). |
| Gunn 1980 | D. M. Gunn, The Fate of King Saul, An Interpretation of a Biblical Story (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1980). |
| Gunn 1982 | D. M. Gunn, The Story of King David, Genre and Interpretation (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1982). |
| Hertzberg | H. W. Hertzberg, 1 & 2 Samuel, A. Commentary , The Old Testament Library (London: SCM Press, 1964). |
| HUCA | Hebrew Union College Annual. |
| IBD | J. D. Douglas et al , (eds.), The Illustrated Bible Dictionary , 3 vols. (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980). 此套书的文字部分即 New Bible Dictionary ,已有中译本,书名《圣经新辞典》,天道书楼,1996年初版。 |
| IDB | G. A. Buttrick et al. (eds.), The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible , 4 vols. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962). |
| IDBS | K. Crim et al. (eds.), The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Supplementary Volume (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1976). |
| JB | The Jerusalem Bible(耶路撒冷圣经), Standard Edition, 1966. |
| JBL | Journal of Biblical Literature. |
| JCS | Journal of Cuneiform Studies. |
| Jobling | D. Jobling, The Sense of Biblical Narrative: Three Structural Analyses in the Old Testament ( 1 Samuel 13-31, Numbers 11-12, 1 Kings 17-18 ) (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1978). |
| JSOT | Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. |
| JSS | Journal of Semitic Studies. |
| JTS | Journal of Theological Studies. |
| JTVI | Journal of Transactions of the Victoria Institute. |
| Keil and Delitzsch | C. F. Keil and F. Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1866). |
| Kirkpatrick 1880 | A. F. Kirkpatrick, The First Book of Samuel, with Map, Notes and Introduction , The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1880). |
| Kirkpatrick 1881 | A. F. Kirkpatrick, The Second Book of Samuel, with Maps, Notes and Introduction , The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1881). |
| LXX | The Septuagint (pre-Christian Greek version of the Old Testament). 七十士译本。 |
| Mauchline | J. Mauchline (ed.), 1 and 2 Samuel , New Century Bible (London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1971). |
| McCarter 1980 | P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., I Samuel, A New Translation with Introduction, Notes and Commentary , The Anchor Bible 8 (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1980). |
| McCarter 1984 | P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., II Samuel, A New Translation with Introduction, Notes and Commentary, The Anchor Bible 9 (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1984). |
| McKane | W. McKane, I & II Samuel, Introduction and Commentary , Torch Bible Commentaries (London: SCM Press, 1963). |
| MS (S) | manuscript (s).(抄本) |
| MT | Massoretic Text. (马索拉经文) |
| NAB | New American Bible, 1970. |
| NBA | J. J. Bimson, J. P. Kane, J. H. Paterson and D. J. Wiseman (eds.), New Bible Atlas (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1985). |
| NBC | D. Guthrie, J. A. Motyer et al. (eds.), New Bible Commentary (Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 31970).《 廿一世纪圣经新释》,福音证主协会,1999年初版。 |
| NEB | The New English Bible: Old Testament(新英文圣经), 1970. |
| NICOT | The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. |
| NIDNTT | C. Brown (eds.), The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology , 3 vols. (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1975, 1976, 1978). |
| NIV | New International Version(新国际本), 1978. |
| Noth | M. Noth, The Deuteronomistic History (1957; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1981). |
| OTA | Old Testament Abstracts. |
| PEQ | Palestine Exploration Quarterly. |
| POTT | D. J. Wiseman (eds.), Peoples of Old Testament Times (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973). |
| RSV | American Revised Standard Version(标准修订版): Old Testament, 1952; New Testament, 21971. |
| RV | English Revised Version(修订本), 1881. |
| TOTC | Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. (丁道尔旧约圣经注释,校园书房出版社) |
| TynB | Tyndale Bulletin. |
| Watson | W. G. E. Watson, Classical Hebrew Poetry, A Guide to its Techniques (Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1984). |
| VT | Vetus Testamentum. |
| ZAW | Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. |
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