Library Organization and Layout

General and Linguistic Reference Works (A–C)

A – Encyclopedias and Lexica

B – Archival resources, Printing & Typography, Bibliography

C – Language Tools

Encyclopedias and Lexicons (A)

Aa – General Encyclopedias and Lexica (non-Jewish)
Ab – Encyclopedias and Lexica (Judaism)
Ac – Encyclopedias and Lexica (Christianity)
Ad – Biographical Reference Works, Lexica for Pseudonyms
Ae – General Abbreviations

Archival Resources, Printing & Typography, Bibliography (B)

Ba – Book Production, Publishing, Archival Resources
Bb – Bibliography (General)
Bc – Bibliography (Linguistic)
Bd – Bibliography (Biblical)
Bf – Bibliography (Early Jewish Literature)
Bg – Bibliography (Rabbinic Jewish Literature)
Bh – Bibliography (post-Talmudic Jewish Literature)
Bi – Bibliography (Jewish Religion and Religious History)
Bj – Bibliography (Jewish Philosophical and Scientific Literature)
Bl – Bibliography (Jewish Fiction and Folklore)
Bn – Bibliography (Jewish History – General)
Bo – Bibliography (Jewish History – Judea: Ancient Palestine to Modern State of Israel)
Bp – Bibliography (Jewish History – Diaspora)
Bt – Bibliography (Archaeology, Realia, Material Culture)
Bu – Bibliography (Jewish-Non Jewish Relations)

Language Tools (C)

Ca – Concordances and Indices
Cb – Semitics/Semitic Languages (other than Hebrew/Aramaic)
Cc – Hebrew (Histories, Overviews, Dictionaries)
Cd – Hebrew (Dictionaries/Encyclopediae: Beginner, Intermediate, Professional)
Ce – Aramaic
Cf – Local Jewish Languages (Yiddish, Spanish)
Cg – Classical Languages (Dictionaries: Greek and Latin)
Co – Modern Languages

History of Religions (D–I)

D – Hebrew Bible (including Old Editions and Translations)

E – New Testament and Early Christianity

F – Early Judaism (Ancient Judaism)

G – Talmudic Judaism (Judaism in Late Antiquity)

H – Middle-Ages and Modern Judaism

I – Jewish Religion and Religious History (Various Periods)


Hebrew Bible: Including Old Editions and Translations (D)

Da – Text Editions and Translations (including OT/NT Bibles)
Db – Biblical Manuscripts
Dc – Old Translations of the Bible (including Septuagint/LXX)
Dd – Introductions and Textual History/Text Criticism
De – Critical Commentaries and Exegetical Literature
Df – History of Ancient Israel and Theology (Hebrew Bible)
Dg – World of the Bible

New Testament and Early Christianity (E)

Ea – Text Editions and Translations (NT)
Ed – Introductions and Textual History/Text Criticism
Ee – Critical Commentaries and Exegetical Literature
Ef – New Testament Theology
Eg – Early Christianity (Ancient Church History)
Eh – Christianity in Late Antiquity (Ancient Church History)

Early Judaism (F)

Fa – Early Judaism (General/Overviews)
Fb – Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Fc – Qumran, Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls
Fd – Palestinian Judaism in Late Antiquity
Fe – Hellenistic Judaism

Talmudic Judaism (G)

Ga – Mishnah: Editions, Translations, Commentaries
Gb – Tosefa: Editions, Translations, Commentaries
Gd – Talmud Yerushalmi: Editions, Translations, Commentaries
Ge – Talmud Bavli: Editions, Translations, Commentaries
Gf – Non-Canonical Tractates: Editions, Translations, Commentaries
Gg – Midrashim: Secondary Literature
Gj – Saboraic Literature
Gk – Rabbinic Literature (various periods)
Gm – The World of Judaism in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Medieval and Modern Judaism (H)

Ha – Rabbinic Bible Editions and Biblical Commentaries
Hd – Halakhic Tradition and Literature on the Jewish Law
Hg – Liturgy and Customs (Minhag)
Hh – Piyyut (Liturgical Poems)
Hi – Mussar Literature and Sermons
Hm – Jewish Mysticism, Magic, Kabbalah: Beginnings and Source Materials
Hn – Jewish Mysticism, Magic, and Kabbalah: Secondary Literature
Ho – Mysticism and Messianic Movements
Hp – Hasidism and the Hasidim
Hq – Karaite Judaism
Hu – Other Rabbinic Literature

Jewish Religion and Religious History: Various Periods (I)

Ia – Jewish Religion and Religious History

Philosophy and Literature (J–L)

J – Jewish Philosophy and Self-Understanding (Natural Sciences)

L – Jewish Literature

Jewish Philosophy and Self-Understanding (Natural Sciences)

Ja – History of Philosophy and Extensive Collections
Jb – Philosophy in Late Antiquity (after CE 70)
Jc – Philosophy in the Middle Ages (until Spinoza)
Jd – Philosophy: Spinoza
Je – Philosophy Since the Enlightenment (Haskala)
Jf – Philosophy: Contemporary Jewish Philosophy

Jewish Literature (L)

La – Literary Studies, History of Literature
Lb – Hebrew Fiction and Theatre (including Overviews)
Lc – Non-Hebrew Fiction and Theatre (excluding Yiddish)
Lf – Yiddish Fiction and Theatre
Lg – Folklore

History (N–T)

N – Jewish History (General)

O – Jewish History in Judea: Ancient Palestine to Modern State of Israel

P – Jewish History: the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Shephardic Judaism

Q – Jewish History in Europe

R – Jewish History in Asia and Africa

S – Jewish History in the Americas

T – Jewish History: Study Aids

Jewish History – General (N)

Na – History (General)
Nb – Jewish History

Jewish History in Judea: Ancient Palestine to Modern State of Israel (O)

Oa – Jewish History in Palestine (until 1800)
Oc – Zionism
Od – Jewish History in Palestine (1800–1948)
Oe – Modern State of Israel

Jewish History: the Mediterranean, the Near East, and Shephardic Judaism (P)

Pa – Jewish History: Mediterranean and Near East (General)
Pb – Jewish History: Iberian Peninsula
Pc – Jewish History: Italy
Pd – Jewish History: Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire
Pe – Jewish History: Persia
Pf – Jewish History: The Arab World

Jewish History in Europe (Q)

Qa – Jewish History: Europe (General)
Qb – Jewish History: Western Europe
Qc – Jewish History: Scandinavia
Qd – Jewish History: Germany
Qe – Jewish History: Central Europe
Qf – Jewish History: Eastern Europe
Qg – Jewish History: Southeast Europe

Jewish History in Asia and Africa (R)

Ra – Jewish History: Asia and Africa (General)
Rb – Jewish History: Central Asia (excluding CIS Countries)
Rc – Jewish History: Asia
Rd – Jewish History: Oceania
Re – Jewish History: Africa

Jewish History in the Americas (S)

Sa – Jewish History: The Americas (General)
Sb – Jewish History: North America
Sc – Jewish History: Central America
Sd – Jewish History: South America

Jewish History: Study Aids (T)

Ta – Jewish History: General Study Aids
Tb – Jewish Art and Archaeology
Tc – Jewish Texts
Td – Geography, Travel, Maps and Atlases
Te – Measurements and Calendars
Tf – Plants and Animals

Jewish-Gentile Relations (U–W)

U – Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity

V – Jewish-Christian Relations: Encounters, Education, Cooperation, Dialogue

W – Anti-Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Hostility toward Jews and Judaism

Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (U)

Ua – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (General)
Ub – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (Antiquity)
Uc – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (Middle Ages)
Ud – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (15th-16th Centuries)
Ue – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (17th-18th Centuries)
Uf – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (19th Century until 1933)
Ug – History: Jewish Mission and Jewish Christianity (since 1933)
Uj – Missions Theology (Missiology), Jewish Christian Theology
Uk – Missions Literature (since the 19th Century)

Jewish-Christian Relations: Encounters, Education, Cooperation, Dialogue (V)

Va – Christian-Jewish Relations (General)
Vb – Christian-Jewish Relations: Precursors (Philosemitism)
Vc – Christian-Jewish Relations: Post-Holocaust
Vd – Christian-Jewish Relations: Theology and Theological Discourse
Ve – Christian-Jewish Relations: The Presentation of Jews in Sermons, Teaching, and Education
Vj – Islam
Vk – Judaism and Islam
Vl – Judaism, Islam, and Christianity (‘Religions of the Book’)
Vx – Teaching Materials and Lesson Plans

Anti-Judaism, Anti-Semitism, Hostility toward Jews and Judaism (W)

Wa – Anti-Semitism (General)
Wb – Anti-Semitism: Antiquity (non-Christian)
Wc – Anti-Semitism and the New Testament
Wd – Anti-Semitism: Early Christianity through Late Antiquity
We – Anti-Semitism: Middle Ages
Wg – Anti-Semitism: Reformation and Baroque Period (16th-17th Centuries)
Wh – Anti-Semitism: Post-Enlightenment (18th-20th Centuries)

History and Teaching: Protestant Church(es) (X)

Xa – History and Teaching: Protestant Church (General)
Xb – History and Teaching: Martin Luther
Xc – History and Teaching: Sixteenth Century
Xd – History and Teaching: 17th-18th Centuries
Xe – History and Teaching: Nineteenth Century (until 1933)
Xf – History and Teaching: Nazi State
Xg – History and Teaching: Post-WWII

Franz Delitzsch (Y)

YD – Old Testament
YE – New Testament
YF – Early Judaism
YG – Rabbinic Judaism
YH – Medieval Judaism
YL – Literature and Hebrew Fiction
YU – Jewish Mission
YW – Defense of Anti-Semitism
YX – Lutheran Theology and Piety

Periodicals and Collections (Z)

Za – Periodical (General)
Zb – Periodicals (Bound)
Zc – Periodicals: Jewish-Christian Relations
Zd – Periodicals: German Anti-Semitism and National Socialism
Ze – Periodicals: Jewish Christian Relations (Bound)
Zf – Feasts, Customs, and Memorials
Zg – Collections of Individual Authors
Zh – Other Collections
Zk – Reports of Congress