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 |
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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