| Title | Abbreviation¹ |
|---|---|
| Biblica | Bib |
| Biblical Archaeology Review | BAR |
| Biblical Interpretation | BibInt |
| Biblical Theology Bulletin | BTB |
| Bibliotheca Sacra | BSac |
| Bulletin for Biblical Research | BBR |
| Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research | BASOR |
| Catholic Biblical Quarterly | CBQ |
| Concordia Theological Quarterly | CTQ |
| Currents in Biblical Research | CurBR |
| Evangelical Quarterly | EvQ |
| Expository Times | ExpTim |
| Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel | HeBAI |
| Horizons in Biblical Theology | HBT |
| Interpretation | Int |
| Journal for the Study of Paul and His Letters | JSPL |
| Journal for the Study of the New Testament | JSNT |
| Journal for the Study of the Old Testament | JSOT |
| Journal of Biblical Literature | JBL |
| Journal of Theological Interpretation | JTI |
| Journal of Theological Studies | JTS |
| Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society | JETS |
| Maarav | MA |
| Near Eastern Archaeology [continues Biblical Archaeologist] | NEA |
| Neotestamentica | Neot |
| New Testament Studies | NTS |
| Novum Testamentum | NovT |
| Review and Expositor | RevExp |
| Revue Biblique | RB |
| Scandanavian Journal of the Old Testament | SJOT |
| Scottish Journal of Theology | SJT |
| Southwestern Journal of Theology | SWJT |
| Themelios | Them |
| Theological Studies | TS |
| Trinity Journal | TJ |
| Tyndale Bulletin | TynBul |
| Ugarit Forschungen | UF |
| Vetus Testamentum | VT |
| Westminster Theological Journal | WTJ |
| Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft | ZAW |
| Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft | ZNW |
¹ The standard abbreviation as specified in the SBL Manual of Style (2nd edition)
Also worth knowing about these two “special” journals, which provide annual abstracts of a large number of journals in the field. As “meta”-journals, they wouldn’t (normally) be the main source or cited, but they are wonderful for “discovery” as they’re well indexed.
- New Testament Abstracts = NTA
- Old Testament Abstracts = OTA