Each of these works includes articles about Biblical persons, places, events, concepts, and institutions. The articles are normally longer than those found in Bible dictionaries and usually include bibliographies.
Edited by David Noel Freedman.
Abingdon, 2006-2009.
5 volumes.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
One of the two standard scholarly English-language encyclopedias on Biblical topics. The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible is more recent and is directed towards ministers and theological students.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login: A - C, D - H, I - Ma, Mc - R, S - Z.
Edited by David Noel Freedman.
Doubleday, 1992. 6 volumes.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
One of the two standard scholarly English-language encyclopedias on Biblical topics. The Anchor Bible Dictionary is older but is more academic and includes more in-depth articles with significantly more bibliographical references.
Edited by Edwin M. Yamauchi.
Hendrickson, 2014.
115 articles ranging from five to twenty pages in length which provide background cultural information on the biblical world. Topics include alcoholic beverages, divorce, police and prisons.
Edited by Angelika Berlejung.
Mohr Siebeck, 2022,
Not a multi-volume work, just a very large single volume. Two or more page articles on Agriculture, Altars, Amulets, Animal Burial, and 120 other topics.