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Classification Numbers for Books of the Bible

Use these numbers to browse for material in the library book collection.

220

Bible  (These same decimals also used on 221 for Old Testament and 225 for New Testament.)

.2

Concordances

.3

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

.4

Early versions and translations

.5

Modern versions and translations

.7

Commentaries on the whole Bible

.9

Geography, biography, history, archeology

   

221

Old Testament

.4

Early versions and translations

.44

   Hebrew

.48

   Greek (Septuagint)

.482

      Septuagint concordances

.4822

      Septuagint lexicons

   

222

Historical Books of the Old Testament

.1

Pentateuch

11

     Genesis

.12

     Exodus

.13

     Leviticus

14

     Numbers

.15

     Deuteronomy
.16      Ten Commandments
.2 Joshua
.3 Judges and Ruth
.4 I and II Samuel
.5 I and II Kings
.6 I and II Chronicles
.7 Ezra
.8 Nehemiah
.9 Esther
   

223

Poetic books of the Old Testament
.1 Job
.2 Psalms
.7 Proverbs
.8 Ecclesiastes
.9 Song of Solomon
   

224

Prophetic books of the Old Testament
.1 Isaiah
.2 Jeremiah
.3 Lamentations
.4 Ezekiel
.5 Daniel
.6 Hosea
.7 Joel
.8 Amos
.9 Minor Prophets
.91      Obadiah
.92      Jonah
.93      Micah
.94      Naham
.95      Habakkuk
.96      Zephaniah
.97      Haggai
.98      Zechariah
.99      Malachi
   

225

New Testament
   

226

Gospels and Acts
.1 Harmonies of the Gospels
.2 Matthew
.3 Mark
.4 Luke
.5 John
.6 Acts of the Apostles
.7 Miracles
.8 Parables
.9 Sermon on the Mount
   

227

Epistles
.1 Romans
.2 I Corinthians
.3 II Corinthians
.4 Galatians
.5 Ephesians
.6 Philippians
.7 Colossians
.8 Other Pauline Epistles
.81      I Thessalonians
.82      II Thessalonians
.83      I Timothy
.84      II Timothy
.85      Titus
.86      Philemon
.87      Hebrews
.9 Catholic Epistles
.91      James
.92      I Peter
.93      II Peter
.94      I John
.95      II John
.96      III John
.97      Jude
   

228

Revelation
   

229

 Apocrypha, pseudepigrapha, intertestamental works
.1 Esdras I and II
.2 Tobit, Judith, deuterocanonical part of Esther
.3 Wisdom of Solomon
.4 Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
.5 Baruch and Epistle of Jeremiah
.6 Song of the Three Children, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasseh
.7 Maccabees
.8 Pseudo gospels
.9 Pseudipigrapha
.91      Old Testament
.92      New Testament

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