BIBL 000: Bible Dictionaries/Encyclopedias and Commentaries

"For more than half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world... (T)he first place to turn for clear, authoritative information on all aspects of ancient culture..."

"unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. (15) volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) of BRILL'S NEW PAULY are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe...."

The first reference work devoted exclusively to Second Temple Judaism (fourth century b.c.e. through second century c.e.). The articles are comprehensive.

An exhaustive overview of Jews and Judaism from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel. More than 22,000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion.