Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias provide background information on biblical events, geographical places, people, and theological concepts. These sources often contain lists of works cited that point you toward other reputable scholarship.
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary
HarperCollins Bible Dictionary - Revised and Updated
The Anchor Bible Dictionary
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
This definitive and current work covers not only names, places, and events of the Bible, but also includes cultural history, social institutions, archeological sites, and other topics of particular interest to Biblical scholars today.
A solid five-volume alphabetical set offering short scholarly articles on topics, people, and parts of the bible.
This encyclopedia contains almost 120 in-depth entries, ranging in length from 500 to 10,000 words, on each of the canonical books of the Bible, major apocryphal books of the New and Old Testaments, important noncanonical texts, and thematic essays on topics such as canonicity, textual criticism, and translation.
More than four thousand entries present information on the Old Testament, Apocrypha, and New Testament.
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible - Ref. BS440 .E44 2000
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
Encyclopedia Judaica
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