Reference Works

    Brill publishes stand-alone reference works and world renowned series such as the Encyclopedia of Islam, Recueil de Cours / Collected Courses from the Hague Academy or Der Neue Pauly (Brill’s New Pauly).

    You can search for Brill's reference works through the Catalog Search. (Please note that this listing includes handbooks and sets as well as records classed as our "major" reference works.) 

    The titles are also available in electronic format on BrillOnline, the next generation online resource center for students, researchers and teachers in academia.

     

    A quick overview of Brill's major reference works (listed by subject)

    African Studies Jewish Studies
    African Yearbook Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics
    Asian Studies Encyclopaedia of Judaism
    Brill’s Encyclopedia of China Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World
    Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Language and Linguistics
    Chinese Research Perspectives  Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics
    Biblical Studies Middle East and Islamic Studies
    Context of Scripture  Brockelmann's Geschichte der Arabischen Litteratur 
    The Coptic Gnostic Library — The Nag Hammadi Codices Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History
    Classical Studies Encyclopaedia Islamica
    Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
    Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān
    Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker (Jacoby) Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936)
    Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
    History Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
    Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles Encyclopédie de l’Islam
    Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage Religious Studies
    Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism
    International Law Encyclopedia of Christianity 
    International Maritime Boundaries Religion Past and Present
    Recueil de Cours / Collected Courses from the Hague Academy The Brill Dictionary of Religion
    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982  
    International Relations  
    International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who