First, the Dictionary of North-West Semitic Inscriptions. Important and VERY DENSE reference for working with the Semitic language background of Hebrew.
https://www.logos.com/product/54082/dictionary-of-north-west-semitic-inscriptions
Second, and related, Joseph Naveh's Studies in West Semitic Epigraphy.
https://www.logos.com/product/378378/studies-in-west-semitic-epigraphy
Last, Joel Baden's Source Criticism. This was very different than I thought; it's less an introduction to the stats quo and more a masterful history of how we got here. He does a fantastic accessible job looking at the intellectual contexts and biases of the field through various points in history for non-specialists. Highly recommended.
https://www.logos.com/product/369887/source-criticism
