In addition to the various Bible dictionaries (in the REF BS440 area) there are two sources that may be useful in claarifying references to Biblical events and characters:

 AUTHOR       Lass, Abraham Harold, 1907-
 TITLE        The Facts on File dictionary of classical, biblical, and literary
                allusions / Abraham H. Lass, David Kiremidjian, Ruth M.
                Goldstein.
 PUBLISHER    New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, c1987.
 Leyburn-Reference      PN43 .L37 1987                 


 TITLE        A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature / David
                Lyle Jeffrey, general editor.
 PUBLISHER    Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1992.
 Leyburn-Reference      PR149.B5 D53 1992