Ooohhh, I Like this thread.

OED - 2 vol w/ Mag Glass (even that hardly helps now; need more power)
AmHeritage Collegiate Dict. -- 3rd Edition
Elements of Style - Strunk, Jr./White
Soule's Pocket Thesaurus
Perrin's Writer's Guide & Index to English (From Freshman English long, long ago)
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Sasson, ed.
My Peoples Prayer Book selected volumes
Dictionary of the Bible - rev.
Ancient Near East Texts and Pictures, 2v., Pritchard, ed
The Harper Atlas of the Bible, Pritchard, ed.                               }
Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, Roaf}
   These complement each other while having diff. perspective    }