"From Tobit to Bartimaeus, From Qumran to Siloam:
The Social Role of Blind People and Attitudes toward the Blind in New Testament Times"
Ph.D. Dissertation:  Yale University, 1997
Felix N. W. Just, S.J.

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Judeo-Christian literature, scholarly journals, series, and biblical reference works are abbreviated as in the latest published version of the "Instructions for Contributors" of the Journal of Biblical Literature (JBL 107 [1988] 579-96; or http://www.sbl-site.org/Publications/PublishingWithSBL/JBL_Instructions.pdf).  Greco-Roman authors and works are abbreviated as in the Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.; Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1996).

Additional Journals and References:
  • HCBD = HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (ed. Paul J. Achtemeier; San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1996)
  • JVIB = Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness (New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1977ff)
  • KMA = Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde (Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1863ff)
  • NOB = New Outlook for the Blind (New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1951-76)
  • Additional Publication Series:
  • CMG = Corpus Medicorum Graecorum (Berlin: Akademie Verlag)
  • CMGSupOr = Corpus Medicorum Graecorum: Supplementum Orientale (Berlin: Akademie Verlag)
  • SAM = Studies in Ancient Medicine (Leiden: E. J. Brill)
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  • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae CD-ROM #D. Irvine, CA: University of California, 1992.
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