Abbreviation should be in same style as bibliography

[dcpurton]

See https://sblhs2.com/2018/05/24/abbreviations-lists/

Encyclopedias, lexica, and similar reference works should include the full bibliographic information in the same form as it would appear in a bibliography, beginning with the last name(s) of the author(s) or editor(s).

Discouraged:

ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary ABD Anchor Bible Dictionary. Edited by David Noel Freedman. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Recommended:

ABD Freedman, David Noel, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

[dcpurton]

It should be enough to include this in your preamble:

\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpatchbibdriver{abbreviations}
  {\toggletrue{blx@abbrevcite}}
  {}
  {}
  {}