Near Eastern Studies Encyclopedias and Handbooks 

Online:

Encyclopaedia Iranica  (All US JHU)

 In the Eisenberg Room (D-Level):
 
 General:
 
 Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, ed. Piotr Bienkowski and Alan R.
 Millard. (London: British Museum, 2000). DS56 .D5 2000
 
 Egypt:
 
 Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt, ed. K.A. Bard (London: Routledge, 1999). DT58 .E53 1999
 
 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, 3 vols. (New York: Oxford
 University Press, 2000). DT58 .O94 2000 Quarto
 
 Lexikon der Ägyptologie, 7 vols. (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1975).
 PJ1031 .H4 1975 Quarto
 
 Syria, Palestine & Judaica:
 
 The Anchor Bible dictionary, 6 vols. (New York: Doubleday, 1992). BS440
 .A541 1992
 
 Interpreter's dictionary of the Bible, 4 vols. (New York: Abingdon, 1962).
 BS440 .I5 1962
 
 Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2 vols. (New York: Oxford University
 Press, 2000). BM487 .E53 2000 Quarto
 
 Mesopotamia:
 
 C. Fossey, Manuel d'assyriologie, 2 vols. (Paris: Leroux, 1904). PJ3181
 .F67 1904
 
 Dictionnaire de la civilisation mesopotamienne, ed. F. Johannes
 (Paris, 2001).  DS 70.7 .D538 2001

In the General Reference Collection (M-Level):
 
 General:
 
 The Ancient Near East: An Encyclopedia for Students, 4 vols. (New York,
 2000). DS57 .A677 2000 Quarto
 
 Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, 4 vols. (New York, 1995). DS57
 .C55 1995
 
 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East, 3 vols. (New York, 2001). DS56 .O9 1997 Quarto
 
 Jews and Judaism:
 
 Encyclopaedia Judaica, 16 vols. (Jerusalem/New York, 1971-72). DS102.8
 .E63 1971 Quarto [CD-ROM = Computer File 3386 in Audio Visual]
 
 A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament, with appendix
 containing the Biblical Aramaic, ed. F. Brown (Oxford, 1957).  Blue PJ4833 .G4 1957
 
 [Note: Other resources, focused on the Bible, can be found on the Religion
 subject page.]
 
 Mesopotamia:
 
 Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia, ed. M. Roaf (New York, 1990). DS69.5 .R63
 1990