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Library of Congress Classification for Religion

Prefer to browse the stacks?  Class B: Religion is the classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system and the one we use here at Brandeis University. Books in class B are located on Goldfarb Mezzanine. Browse the stacks using the following quick guide, or use the Class B outline for more detail.

  • BL: Religions, Mythology, Rationalism
  • BL1100-1295: Hinduism
  • BL1300-1380: Jainism
  • BL1600-1695: Semitic religions (for Judaism, see subclass BM)
  • BL1830-1883: Confucianism
  • BL1899-1942.85: Taoism
  • BL2017-2018.7: Sikhism
  • BL2216-2227.8: Shinto
  • BM: Judaism
  • BP: Islam, Bahai'ism, Theosophy, etc.
  • BQ: Buddhism
  • BR: Christianity
  • BS: The Bible
  • BT: Doctrinal Theology
  • BV: Practical Theology
  • BX: Christian Denominations