LC Classification for Biblical Studies The Leslie Hardinge Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) Classification scheme in the organization of its collection. LC Classification uses a combination of letters of the alphabet and numbers to serve as the call number of the books. The letters of the alphabet from A Z corresponds to the main class/subject area and a combination of two letters refers to a subclass. Learn more about LC classification http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/. Below are the subclasses for Biblical Studies Department with call number ranges for subheadings: Subclass BM -Judaism BM1-990 BM1-449 BM70-135 BM150-449 BM201-449 BM480-488.8 BM495-532 BM497-509 BM497-497.8 BM498-498.8 BM499-504.7 BM507-507.5 BM508-508.5 BM510-518 BM520-523.7 BM525-526 BM529 BM534-538 BM534-536 BM545-582 BM585-585.4 BM590-591 BM600-645 BM646 BM648 BM650-747 BM651-652.7 BM653-653.7 BM654-655.6 Judaism General Study and teaching History By region or country Pre-Talmudic Jewish literature (non-biblical) Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature Talmudic literature Mishnah Palestinian Talmud Babylonian Talmud Baraita Tosefta Midrash Halacha Cabala Jewish tradition Relation of Judaism to special subject fields Religions Principles of Judaism (General) Controversial works against the Jews Jewish works against Christianity and Islam Dogmatic Judaism Heresy, heresies Apologetics Practical Judaism Priests, rabbis, etc. Congregations. Synagogues The tabernacle. The temple 1
BM656-657 BM660-679 BM690-695 BM700-720 BM723-729 BM730-747 BM750-755 BM900-990 Forms of worship Liturgy and ritual Festivals and fasts Rites and customs Jewish way of life. Spiritual life. Mysticism. Personal religion. Moral theology Preaching. Homiletics Biography Samaritans Subclass BS The Bible BS1-2970 BS11-115 BS125-355 BS125-198 BS199-313 BS315-355 BS315 BS325 BS335 BS345 BS350 BS355 BS410-680 BS500-534.8 BS535-537 BS546-558 BS569-580 BS580 BS585-613 BS647-649 BS650-667 BS670-672 BS701-1830 BS705-815 BS825-1013 BS1091-1099 The Bible Early versions Modern texts and versions English Other European languages Non-European languages Asian languages African languages s of Oceania and Australasia American Indian languages Mixed languages Artificial languages Works about the Bible Criticism and interpretation The Bible as literature Bible stories. Paraphrases of Bible stories. The Bible story Men, women, and children of the Bible Individual Old Testament characters Study and teaching Prophecy Bible and science Bible and social sciences Old Testament Early versions Modern texts and versions Selections. Quotations 2
BS1110-1199 BS1160-1191.5 BS1200-1830 BS1901-2970 BS1937-2020 BS2025-2213 BS2260-2269 BS2280-2545 BS2350-2393 BS2415-2417 BS2430-2520 BS2525-2544 BS2547-2970 BS2640-2765.6 Works about the Old Testament Criticism and interpretation Special parts of the Old Testament New Testament Early texts and versions Modern texts and versions Selections. Quotations Works about the New Testament Criticism and interpretation The teachings of Jesus Men, women, and children of the New Testament Study and teaching Special parts of the New Testament Epistles of Paul Subclass CC -Archaelogy CC1-960 CC72-81 CC73-81 CC83-97 CC135-137 CC140 CC200-260 CC300-350 CC600-605 CC700-705 CC710 CC960 Archaeology Philosophy. Theory Methodology Study and teaching. Research Preservation, restoration, and conservation of antiquities. Antiquities and state Forgeries of antiquities Bells. Campanology. Cowbells Crosses Boundary stones Stone heaps, cairns, etc., of unknown purpose Hill figures Lanterns of the dead Subclass PA s and Literature PA1-199 PA201-899 PA2001-2915 PA3050-4505 PA6000-6971 Classical philology Greek philology and language Latin philology and language Greek literature Roman literature 3
PA6001-6097 PA6100-6140 PA6141-6144 PA6155-6191 PA6202-6971 PA6235-6269 PA6278-6370 PA6393-6444 PA6482-6496 PA6501-6510 PA6519-6553 PA6568-6609 PA6611-6637 PA6661-6693 PA6705-6753 PA6755-6785 PA6801-6961 PA8001-8595 Literary history Collections Criticism, interpretation, etc. Translations Individual authors Including: Caesar, Julius Cicero, Marcus Tullius Horace Lucretius Carus, Titus Martial Ovid Plautus, Titus Maccius Pliny, the Elder Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Tacitus, Cornelius Terentius Apher, Publius (Terence) Vergilius Maro, Publius (Virgil) Medieval and modern Latin literature Subclass PJ Oriental Philology and Literature PJ1-(9500) PJ1-489 PJ1-(195) PJ306-489 PJ601-989 PJ601-621 PJ701-989 PJ991-995 PJ1001-1989 PJ1091-1109 PJ1111-1446 PJ1481-1989 PJ2001-2199 PJ2340-2399 PJ2353-2367 PJ2369-2399 Oriental philology and literature General s Literature Special groups Christian Oriental Islamic Afroasiatic languages Egyptology Egyptian writing and its decipherment Literature. Inscriptions Coptic Libyco-Berber languages. Berber languages Libyan group Berber languages 4
PJ2401-2594 PJ3001-3097 PJ3101-(3971) PJ3231-3595 PJ3601-(3971) PJ4001-(4091) PJ4101-4197 PJ4171-4197 PJ4501-5192 PJ4543-4937 PJ4951-4996 PJ5001-5060 PJ5050-5055.51 PJ5061-5192 PJ5111-5192 PJ5201-5329.5 PJ5211-5289 PJ5211-5219.5 PJ5229 PJ5239 PJ5241-5249 PJ5251-5259 PJ5271-5279 PJ5281-5289 PJ5301-5329.5 PJ5321-5329.5 PJ5401-5809 PJ5414-5495 PJ5601-5695 PJ5701-5709 PJ5711-5719 PJ5801-5809 PJ5901-5909 PJ6001-8517 PJ6073-7144 PJ6690-6697 Cushitic languages Semitic philology and literature Assyriology. Akkadian Literature. Inscriptions Sumerian West and North Semitic languages Phoenician-Punic Hebrew (Biblical and modern) Medieval Hebrew Literature Individual authors and works Other languages used by Jews Yiddish Aramaic West Aramaic Biblical (Chaldaic) Palmyrene inscriptions Nabataean inscriptions Christian Palestinian Jewish Palestinian Samaritan Neo-Aramaic East Aramaic Mandaean Syriac Literature East Syriac (Nestorian) West Syriac (Jacobite) Neo-Syriac dialects (Modern Syriac) South Semitic languages Arabic Ancient Arabic 5
PJ6701-6901 PJ6950-7144 PJ6950-6981 PJ7051-7144 PJ7501-8517 PJ7695.8-7976 PJ8991-9348 PJ9001-9101 PJ9201-9269 Modern Arabic dialects South Arabian Ancient Modern Arabic literature Individual authors or works Ethiopian languages Ethiopic (Geez) Amharic 6