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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
Song of Solomon	BS1485.53			1 & 2 Peter, Jude	BS2795.53 BS2915.93
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

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