Well, probably The Oxford Companion to the Bible should be mentioned.  I also find useful The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church.  I've often found it instructive to set the commentary in the Douay-Rheims Bible against the Geneva Bible in the EEBO editions.
Best wishes,
Lee Piepho

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Mitchell M. Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
My apologies for cross-listing. Yesterday, a conversation developed on the Milton list-serve that I'd be interested to continue here. I raised a question about trustworthy, scholarly editions of Bibles.  I'm particularly interested in learning about the KJV, Bishops', Geneva, Tyndale, Wycliffe, Vulgate, and Duoay-Rheims versions that people use for research and teaching. I'd also be interested in learning more about secondary sources you work with in Bible as Literature/Bible and Literature classes as well.

I'm compiling a Microsoft Word document with all of this information and am certainly willing to share it. Please contact me off-list if you'd like a copy.

All the best,
       Mitch Harris

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