Looking for more information? Check out our Bible Commentaries page here.
Biblical commentaries are a vital part of many assignments at the School of Theology. Search the below subject headings in BU Libraries Search to find biblical commentaries, or see a selection by toggling through the tabs.
- Bible -- Commentaries.
- Bible. N. T. -- Commentaries.
- Bible. N. T. -- [Book e.g. James] -- Commentaries.
- Bible. O. T. -- Commentaries.
- Bible. O. T. -- Pentateuch -- Commentaries.
- Bible. O. T. -- [Book e.g. Genesis] -- Commentaries.
So how do I find the commentaries?
In addition to searching our catalog, the commentaries are also easily browseable on our shelves. In the Library of Congress call number system, subclass BS is assigned to Biblical Studies.
- Bibles are shelved from BS11 to BS355.
- Commentaries about the whole Bible (as a unit) are shelved from BS410 to BS680. This is where you might find multi-volume commentaries or commentary series usually shelved together.
- Commentaries about the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament (as a unit) are shelved from BS701 to BS1191.5.
- Commentaries about the New Testament (as a unit) are shelved from BS1901 to BS2544.
- Commentaries about individual books from the Bible are shelved from BS1231 to BS1675 (Hebrew Bible / Old Testament books) and BS2570 to BS2575.53 (New Testament books). These go in order of the Protestant canon, with Apocrypha added in from BS1711 to BS 1825.5.
