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OneSearch is also good for precision searching: searching for known items (titles, authors, subjects for which you already have precise information). For example: using a Keyword search, type in "Holy Bible". You will find that most of the English translations are located on the third floor of Moody. They range generally from BS185 - BS195.
Bible Book Commentary LC Call Numbers
Library of Congress classifications group titles together by subject.
Below is the classification range for each Biblical book where commentaries for that book are classed:
| Genesis | BS1235.53 | Lamentations | BS1525.53 | Gospel of Matthew | BS2575.53 |
| Exodus | BS1245.3 | Ezekiel | BS1545.53 | Gospel of Mark | BS2585.53 |
| Levitius | BS1255.3 | Daniel | BS1555.3 | Gospel of Luke | BS2595.53 |
| Numbers | BS1265.3 | Hosea | BS1565.53 | Gospel of John | BS2615.53 |
| Deuteronomy |
BS1275.3 |
Joel | BS1575.3 | Acts of the Apostles | BS2625.53 |
| Joshua |
BS1295.53 |
Amos | BS1585.3 | Romans | BS2665.53 |
| Judges |
BS1305.53 |
Obadiah | BS1595.53 | 1 Corinthians | BS2675.53 |
| Ruth | BS1315.3 | Jonah | BS1605.53 | 2 Corinthians | BS2675.3 |
| 1 & 2 Samuel | BS1325.53 | Micah | BS1615.53 | Galatians | BS2685.53 |
| 1 & 2 Kings | BS1335.3 | Nahum | BS1625.3 | Ephesians | BS2695.53 |
| 1 & 2 Chronicles | BS1345.53 | Habakkuk | Philippians | BS2705.53 | |
| Ezra & Nehemia | BS1355.3 | Zephaniah | BS1645.53 | Colossians | BS2715.53 |
| Esther | BS1375.3 | Haggai | BS1655.53 | 1 & 2 Thessalonians | BS2725.3 |
| Job | BS1415.53 | Zechariah | BS1665.3 | 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus | BS2735.3 |
| Psalms | BS1430.53 | Malachi | BS1675.3 | Philemon | BS2765.53 |
| Proverbs | BS1465.53 | Hebrews | BS2775.53 | ||
| Ecclesiastes | BS1475.53 |
James |
BS2785.3 |
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| Song of Solomon | BS1485.53 | 1 & 2 Peter, Jude |
BS2795.53 BS2915.93 |
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| Isaiah | BS1515.53 | 1, 2 & 3 John | BS2805.53 | ||
| Jeremiah | BS1525.53 |
Apocalypse. Revelation |
BS2825.53 |
Legend
Within the Biblical Studies division of LC Classifications, each Bible book is assigned a unique stem number:
Genesis BS1235
Exodus BS1245
Leviticus BS1255
The suffix numbers .3 and .53, following the stem number of Biblical books indicate a commentary classification:
Genesis commentaries: BS1235.53
Please note:
.3 is the older commentary classification suffix
.53 came into usage in 2004
