Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary,
Political and Religion History, the Archeology, Geography and
Natural History of the Bible (1899), edited by Thomas Kelly
Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black, is a critical encyclopedia of
the Bible. In Theology/Biblical studies, it is often referenced
as Enc. Bib., or as Cheyne and Black. It has an article for
every single name and place both in the Bible and in its
traditional Apocrypha, as well as for each of the books of
these, together with many improper nouns appearing in these
(such as 'nebi'im' [one of the two types of prophet], 'mole',
'owl') and other more general subjects (such as 'music',
'tents', etc.). Many of these articles are given in great
detail, and usually include mention of the various spellings for
each word as used by the Masoretic Text, Septuagint
(differentiating between each of the most important ancient
manuscripts), and by other ancient versions; the largest article
is that on the Gospels, which is over 5 MB in size, despite